Pekala Ronald J
Biofeedback Clinic (116B), Coatesville VA Medical Center, Coatesville, PA 19320, USA.
Am J Clin Hypn. 2011 Jan;53(3):207-27. doi: 10.1080/00029157.2011.10401758.
Wagstaff (2010) reviews and comments on two recent papers by Pekala et al. (2010a, 2010b), concluding that "many of the problems relating to the definition and conceptualization of terms associated with hypnosis... may stem from insufficient attention to the role of suggestion and expectancies in producing hypnotic phenomena, and an over-reliance on the role of the procedures and mechanics of the induction process" (p. 47). Although I agree with his semantic and conceptual focus, I believe that a number of these problems are due to not operationally defining terms such as hypnosis, hypnotic state, or trance in a comprehensive phenomenological manner. By using the PCI (Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory) via retrospective phenomenological assessment, and using a phenomenological state instrument like the PCI-HAP (Phenomenology of Consciousness Inventory - Hypnotic Assessment Procedure) to obtain a state measure of hypnotic responsiveness, a means is available to define and empirically address some of these issues in a way that can significantly further our understanding of the nature of hypnotism. Such an approach might also address Kallio and Revonsuo's (2005) admonition concerning the need to develop "an internally coherent and widely shared theoretical vocabulary" (p. 51) to better understand consciousness, altered states of consciousness, and related phenomena, such as hypnosis/hypnotism.
瓦格斯塔夫（2010年）对佩卡拉等人近期的两篇论文（2010年a篇、2010年b篇）进行了综述与评论，得出结论称：“许多与催眠相关术语的定义和概念化有关的问题……可能源于对暗示和预期在产生催眠现象中所起作用的关注不足，以及对诱导过程的程序和机制作用的过度依赖”（第47页）。虽然我认同他在语义和概念上的关注点，但我认为其中一些问题是由于没有以全面的现象学方式对诸如催眠、催眠状态或恍惚等术语进行操作性定义。通过回顾性现象学评估使用意识现象学量表（PCI），并使用像意识现象学量表 - 催眠评估程序（PCI - HAP）这样的现象学状态工具来获得催眠反应性的状态测量，就有了一种方法来以能够显著增进我们对催眠本质理解的方式定义并实证性地解决其中一些问题。这样一种方法或许还能回应卡利奥和雷冯苏奥（2005年）关于需要发展“一种内在连贯且广泛共享的理论词汇”（第51页）以更好理解意识、意识改变状态以及相关现象（如催眠/催眠术）的告诫。
