Study Skills

Am J Clin Hypn. 1996 Apr;38(4):277-87.

Teaching college students better learning skills using self-hypnosis.

Wark DM.

University Counseling and Consulting Services, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA.

This paper reports the effects of self-hypnosis used by 51 college students enrolled in a 10-week course on efficient learning skills. All students were administered the Creative Imagination Scale. Subsequently, they learned to enter and deepen alert self-hypnosis. They gave themselves personal suggestions and then studied in hypnosis. They reported their depth of hypnosis and satisfaction with each session. Grades were collected the quarter before, during and after the course. Satisfaction and depth data indicated the students were involved all through the course. Statistical testing showed that students who scored highest on the CIS had the lowest initial GPA, improved most during the course, and significantly increased their GPA in the quarter after.

1995 May E. H. Schreiber, K.N. Schreiber

Using Relaxation Techniques And Positive Self-Esteem To Improve Academic Achievement Of College Students

Rowan College of New Jersey ,University of Delaware

This study examined whether after 20 sessions over 10 weeks of Jacobson's muscle relaxation accompanied by encouragement of positive self-esteem academic examination scores of 22 undergraduate college students would improve by comparison with those of a control group of 30 students. The relaxation group had significantly higher examination grades than the control group, but there was no significant mean difference between the groups on the Cattell and Scheier Anxiety Scale or a two-item measure of self-esteem.