The Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale for Adults (Shcs): Validity and Reliability of the Turkish Version

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to provide validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Stanford Hypnotic Clinical Scale for adults (SHCS). The Turkish version of the scale was administered to the 65 healthy participants (31 men, 34 women) meeting inclusion criteria twice in different times by two different clinicians. Cronbach's alpha was 0.66 for internal consistency. Points of the items (0.35-0.64) were found significantly and positively correlated with the total point. There was not a significant change in two different application times. The correlation coefficient was found 0.97 among the total points. Kappa value was found 0.93. The correlation between item and total points of the SCHS and up-gaze subscale of the hypnotic induction profile (HIP) was examined by using Pearson correlation analysis. The correlation coefficients were between 0.30 and 0.62. We found the scale valid and reliable at the end of our investigation. The scale is adequate to distinguish "highly hypnotisable" and "low hypnotisable" individuals. We think that it can be used in the hypnosis studies. We hope that it will illuminate studies particularly investigating trauma-dissociation relationship. We predict that the scale will has determinative importance for the hypnotherapy option in trauma patients.