本研究旨在探討催眠療法對女性喪親者悲傷反應的改變效果，其目的有二： 一、催眠療法對女性喪親者悲傷反應之立即性改變效果。 二、催眠療法對女性喪親者悲傷反應之持續性改變效果。 本研究採立意取樣，對象為六位有喪親經驗且主觀認為自己尚未走出悲傷陰影者，以團體治療形式進行四次催眠治療，治療進行中另依成員個人悲傷症狀予以個別處理。研究以訪談和問卷填答方式進行資料蒐集，研究工具主要有「貝氏憂鬱量表」、「中國人健康問卷、「基本資料調查表」以及「期望項目自評表」。在催眠治療前、催眠治療進行中以及治療結束後對六位成員進行訪談和問卷填答以取得前測和後測資料，將所得資料整理分析後提出研究發現並做成結論如下： 壹、研究發現： 一、催眠治療對喪親者身心症狀有正向改變效果。 二、催眠治療對喪親者器質性疾病較無明顯改變效果。 三、接受治療的動機和意願是催眠治療效果是否顯著的要件。 四、學員會不由自主的將治療師的期望變為自己的行為。 五、失落容易引發憂鬱症狀。 六、悲傷症狀會因失喪時的年齡、對象以及失喪時間的長短而有不同。 七、悲傷反應包含感官知覺遲鈍症狀。 八、男性喪親者較怯於接受催眠治療。 九、持續性的自我催眠是保持身心健康的要素 貳、結論： 一、催眠療法對女性喪親者悲傷反應有立即性正面改變效果。 （一）催眠療法對女性喪親者憂鬱症有立即性改善效果。 （二）催眠療法對女性喪親者生理與心理性悲傷反應有立即性的正面改變效果。 二、催眠療法對女性喪親者悲傷反應有持續性正面改變效果。 （一）催眠療法對憂鬱症有持續性改善效果。 （二）催眠療法對女性喪親者生理與心理性悲傷反應有持續性的正面改變效果。 The purpose of this study is to explore the psychophysical change effect of hypnotherapy on female bereaved , The aims of the study are as follows: 1、To explore the immediate change effect of hypnotherapy on the grief responses among the female bereaved. 2、To explore the continuate change effect of hypnotherapy on the grief responses among the female bereaved. Six subjects of the study were selected by the purpose sampling from the female bereaved who subjectely thought they had not recovered from the loss. The subjects were arranged to attend four times Group hypnotherapy， while individual treatment was given if necessary according to a subject’s individual grief response. Data of this study was base on interviews with and questionaires. The test instruments include “Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)”, “Chinese Health Questionnaire( CHI)”, “General information survey” and “Expectant item self-measures table”.The six subjects were interviewed and asked to fill out questionnaires prior to and in the process of each hypnotherapy treatment, as well as after all the treatment was completed. Data was collected and analyzed from the pretest and posttest information to achieve the following findings and results. I. The Findings: a. Hypnotherapy displays positive effect on the psychophysical health of female bereaved.. b. Hypnotherapy displays no significant improvement on the organic disease of female bereaved. c. The willingness and motive to accept hypnotherapy constitute significant factors in the effect of hypnotherapy. d. The Subjects would involuntarily change their behavior according to the expectation of the hypnotist. e. Loss tend to cause melancholia. f. Grief responses vary according to age, object and period of loss. g. Grief responses include symptoms of sensory sluggishness. h. The male tends to be shy to accept hypnotherapy. i. The follow up self-hypnotherapy is a significant factors in keeping the subject’s psychophysical health. II. The results： a. The hypnotherapy displays immediate positive effect on grief response of femaleBereaved. （a）Hypnotherapy displays immediate and positive effect on melancholia of the female bereaved. （b）Hypnotherapy displays immediate and positive effect on psychological and physical grief response of the female bereaved. b. The hypnotherapy displays continuous and positive effect on grief response of the female bereaved. （a）Hypnotherapy displays continuous and positive effect on melancholia of the female bereaved. （b）Hypnotherapy showed continuous and positive effect on psychological and physical grief response of the female bereaved.
