Normal, hypnotically induced, and feigned anxiety as reflected in and detected by the MMPI.

Abstract

10 college students, who were good deep-trance Ss with normal MMPI profiles, showed valid anxiety profiles under hypnotically induced anxiety, but invalid (F-K index) profiles when instructed to fake anxiety. "… hypnosis is not a state of mere exaggerated cooperation." From Psyc Abstracts 36:04:4II65B. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)