Finnish norms of the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (HGSHS:A) of Shor and Orne (1962) are presented. The aggregate sample of 285 subjects consisted of 3 groups (N = 129, N = 116 and N = 40) which were tested during 1996 and 1997. Comparisons are made with the normative sample of Harvard students (American sample), an Australian sample and with three translated versions; the Danish, German and Spanish adaptations of HGSHS:A. In the Finnish sample, items 2 (eye closure), 11 (posthypnotic suggestion) and 12 (amnesia) received high passing percentage in comparison with the reference data, but generally the Finnish normative data were congruent with these index studies.

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