Wolf, Thomas Gerhard; Baumgärtner, Elena; Burkhard, Peter (2022). Personality Styles of Dentists Practicing Hypnosis Confirm the Existence of the Homo Hypnoticus. Frontiers in psychology, 13, p. 835200. Frontiers Research Foundation 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.835200
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Several publications with healthcare professionals, such as psychotherapists, have shown a significant difference in personality styles in practitioners using hypnosis compared to those not using hypnosis. To investigate differences in personality styles, dentists were contacted to participate in a personality-inventory [Personality Style and Disorder Inventory (PSDI)] online survey. Dentists using hypnosis (HYP DGZH) (n = 418) were compared to dentists not using hypnosis (NONHYP DENT) (n = 162). Results show that hypnosis-practicing dentists score significantly higher in the intuitive/schizotypal ST personality style (p < 0.001) compared to non-hypnosis-practicing dentists. Female dentists scored significantly higher in intuitive/schizotypal ST and unselfish/self-sacrificing SL in the HYP DGZH sample but only in unselfish/self-sacrificing SL in the NONHYP DENT sample. The percentage of women was similar in both samples (68.2%; 67.3%). Intuitive/schizotypal ST was found to be the predominant personality style of men who are interested in or use hypnosis, metaphorically so-called "homo hypnoticus." Within the limitations of this cross-sectional non-interventional observational online-questionnaire study, results expand this notion to the so-called "homo hypnoticus dentalis." However, further research on the subject is needed to investigate and confirm this personality type in other than the German-speaking DACH countries.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > School of Dental Medicine > Department of Preventive, Restorative and Pediatric Dentistry |
UniBE Contributor: |
Wolf, Thomas Gerhard, Burkhard, Peter |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
Publisher: |
Frontiers Research Foundation |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pubmed Import |
Date Deposited: |
05 Apr 2022 11:37 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 16:18 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2022.835200 |
PubMed ID: |
35369214 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
dentist homo hypnoticus homo hypnoticus dentalis hypnosis intuitive/schizotypal personality style |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/169019 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/169019 |
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