De-stress your physiological activation by compressing your imagination: a brief session of hypnosis decreases sympathetic stress response in moderately stressed dentists
Our data suggest that hypnosis could be a valuable resource for stressed dentists. Longitudinal controlled studies and larger samples are necessary to corroborate our results and to check the durability of effects over time. Anyway, our results suggests that a short session of hypnosis (or perhaps, self-hypnosis) during a regular working day may help relieve the sympathetic stress response.
Authors
- Adolfo Di Fiore
- Christian Bacci (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6956-6227)
- Gastone Zanette (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0110-1017)
- Teresa Fazia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9577-8450)
- Luca Queirolo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7372-1202)
- Andrea Roccon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6302-1090)
- Enrico Facco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8780-3620)
- Elisa Pistollato
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Pavia (IT)
- Istituto Sperimentale Italiano Lazzaro Spallanzani (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Published
- 2025-06-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1577325
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Psychological Treatments and Assessments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.23