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Creative Imagination, Absorption, and Dissociation with African American College Students
Marty Sapp Ed.D, Kim Hitchcock Ed.D
The purpose of this study was to assess creative imagination, absorption, and dissociation
with African-American college students. Two hundred thirty-six undergraduate African-
American students ranging between the ages of 18 to 22 participated in this study.
Students were assigned to the following experimental manipulation: (a) Creative
Imagination Scale (CIS), a cognitive-behavioral measure of hypnotizability; and (b)
Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES), General Dissociation Scale (GDS), and Tellegen
Absorption Scale (TAS) embedded within the CIS. Results indicated that dissociation and
absorption were affected by the CIS. Finally, this sample was compared to the European
American sample obtained by Barber and Wilson (1978) and Wilson and Barber (1978),
and clearly the two samples differed on creative imagination, t=(405)=7, p<.005. The
African American sample had a significantly lower mean CIS score than the European
American sample. (Sleep and Hypnosis 2003;5(2):95-104)
| Keywords: imagination, hypnosis, absorption, dissociation, adolescents, cultural differences, African-American college students, cognition |
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