Absorption has a variable correlation with hypnotisability (r = 0.13–0.89) perhaps because in addition to broad personality dispositions, situational factors play an important role in performance on tests of hypnotic susceptibility.
[5] A revised version of the TAS has been included in Tellegen's Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ)[6] in which it is considered both a primary and a broad trait.
Positive experiences facilitated by absorption include the enjoyment of music, art, and natural beauty (e.g. sunsets) and pleasant forms of daydreaming.
In addition to individual differences in hypnotizability, absorption is associated with differential responses to other procedures for inducing altered states of consciousness,[11] including meditation, marijuana use, and biofeedback.
A review of studies on differential response to the drug psilocybin found that absorption had the largest effect of all the psychological variables assessed on the intensity of individual experiences of altered states of consciousness.
[14] Furthermore, in most studies people higher in absorption report experiencing greater levels of awe when viewing vast landscapes, art exhibitions, and other potentially awe-inducing things.
[14] Given these findings on spiritual experiences, placebo god helmets, and awe, the authors of a 2019 research paper suggest that higher levels of absorption may give individuals a greater "talent" for "experienc[ing] as real what must be imagined".
[14] Research has found that frequency of dream recall is associated with absorption and related personality traits, such as openness to experience and proneness to dissociation.