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An investigation into correlates of belief in the paranormal. |
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sexta, 10 setembro 2004 |
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Thalbourne, M. A., Dunbar, K. A., & Delin, P. S. (1995). An investigation into correlates of belief in the paranormal.
Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 89, 215-231.
Abstract
Believers in the paranormal scored significantly higher on measures of magical ideation and neuroticism and were more external on personal efficacy locus of control, in a study conducted with 169 Australian college students in 1987. Subjects completed the Australian Sheep-Goat Scale and the Tobacyk-Milford Paranormal Belief Scale together with a battery of tests measuring three demographic and ten
cognitive/personality/psychopathological dimensions.
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