Olson Jay A, Stendel Moriah, Veissière Samuel
Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Department of Psychology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States.
Front Psychiatry. 2020 Jun 25;11:578. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00578. eCollection 2020.
Hypnosis and heavy smartphone use are both characterised by absorbed states in which one loses track of time and responds automatically to stimuli. In this pre-registered study, we tested whether there was a relationship between smartphone addiction and hypnotisability: one's tendency to follow suggestions under hypnosis. Over 11 public lectures, we hypnotised 641 student-aged participants; after the hypnosis session, participants completed the Smartphone Addiction Scale (Short Version). There was a positive correlation between hypnotisability and smartphone addiction ( = .17, 95% CI [.09, .24], < .001) with a magnitude similar to standard predictors of hypnotisability. This correlation was small but unlikely spurious: it was positive in 10 of the 11 samples (including two from psychology courses) and persisted in a follow-up several months later. The addiction scores in this Canadian sample were unexpectedly high ( = 31.41) compared to other countries. We hypothesise that targeting the absorbed, time-distorted, and automatic use of smartphones may promote healthier phone habits.
催眠和过度使用智能手机都具有专注状态的特点，即人们会忘记时间并对刺激自动做出反应。在这项预先注册的研究中，我们测试了智能手机成瘾与催眠易感性之间是否存在关联：催眠易感性是指一个人在催眠状态下接受暗示的倾向。在11场公开讲座中，我们对641名学生年龄段的参与者进行了催眠；催眠 session 结束后，参与者完成了智能手机成瘾量表（简版）。催眠易感性与智能手机成瘾之间存在正相关（ = 0.17，95% CI [0.09, 0.24]， < 0.001），其强度与催眠易感性的标准预测指标相似。这种相关性虽小，但不太可能是虚假的：在11个样本中的10个（包括两个心理学课程的样本）中呈正相关，并且在几个月后的随访中仍然存在。与其他国家相比，这个加拿大样本中的成瘾得分意外地高（ =
31.41）。我们推测，针对智能手机的专注、时间扭曲和自动使用进行干预，可能会促进更健康的手机使用习惯。
