Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 42
  • Issue: 1

The Relationship between ABO Blood Groups and Hypnotic Susceptibility

  • Author:
  • Sepideh Iranfar1,, Eric Letard2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 35 to 38

1Department of Speech Therapy, Student's Research Committee, Medical University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2Department of Psychology, University of Nantes, Nantes, France

*Corresponding Author: Sepideh Iranfar

Online published on 4 November, 2015.

Abstract

Correlational research has been undertaken to explain the purpose of the association between ABO blood groups and hypnotic susceptibility. The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Form (Form C), modified by John F Kilhstrom, with a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of 0.95, was used to determine the associations between blood groups and susceptibility. In this study, a clustered random-sampling method was used to investigate the relationship between hypnotic susceptibility and blood-group type, using the Spearman Correlation Coefficient. The results indicate a statistically significant correlation, with a sample size of 40 (n=40), resulted in HS (Hypnotic Susceptibility) to be medium (x= 2.53), and a mean blood group of 2.40 (SDHS: 0.50;SDABO: 1.33). The results and hypothesis are described, and support the suggestion of a strong association between blood groups and hypnosis.

Keywords

Hypnotic Susceptibility, ABO Blood Groups, Relationship