Abstract
Before and after a stage-hypnosis performance, 67 audience members and 6 participants completed the Hypnotic Attitudes Questionnaire (HAQ), the Posthypnotic Experience Scale (PES), and several questions related to attitudes about performing in public. Audience members’ beliefs about hypnosis (HAQ total and factor scores), experience ratings (PES factor scores: pleasantness, anger/irritability, anxiety), and responses to the performance-related questions changed in a positive direction after the performance. The participants in the show reported no significant pre- to postperformance changes. However, there were indications that the onstage participants exhibited generally favorable attitudes toward hypnosis and performing before they engaged in the actual performance.
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