عنوان

Introducing the Modified Paranormal Belief Scale:

شماره

LA108942

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Introducing the Modified Paranormal Belief Scale:

نام عام مواد

[Article]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Distinguishing Between Classic Paranormal Beliefs, Religious Paranormal Beliefs and Conventional Religiosity Among Undergraduates in Northern Ireland and Wales

نام نخستين پديدآور

Leslie Francis, Christopher Lewis, Emyr Williams, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

Previous empirical studies concerned with the association between paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity have produced conflicting evidence. Drawing on Rice's (2003) distinction between classic paranormal beliefs and religious paranormal beliefs, the present study proposed a modified form of the Tobacyk Revised Paranormal Belief Scale to produce separate scores for these two forms of paranormal belief, styled 'religious paranormal beliefs' and 'classic paranormal beliefs'. Data provided by a sample of 143 undergraduate students in Northern Ireland and Wales, who completed the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity alongside the Tobacyk Revised Paranormal Belief Scale, demonstrated that conventional religiosity is positively correlated with religious paranormal beliefs, but independent of classic paranormal beliefs. These findings provide a clear framework within which previous conflicting evidence can be interpreted. It is recommended that future research should distinguish clearly between these two forms of paranormal beliefs and that the Tobacyk Revised Paranormal Beliefs Scale should be routinely modified to detach the four religious paranormal belief items from the total scale score. Previous empirical studies concerned with the association between paranormal beliefs and conventional religiosity have produced conflicting evidence. Drawing on Rice's (2003) distinction between classic paranormal beliefs and religious paranormal beliefs, the present study proposed a modified form of the Tobacyk Revised Paranormal Belief Scale to produce separate scores for these two forms of paranormal belief, styled 'religious paranormal beliefs' and 'classic paranormal beliefs'. Data provided by a sample of 143 undergraduate students in Northern Ireland and Wales, who completed the Francis Scale of Attitude toward Christianity alongside the Tobacyk Revised Paranormal Belief Scale, demonstrated that conventional religiosity is positively correlated with religious paranormal beliefs, but independent of classic paranormal beliefs. These findings provide a clear framework within which previous conflicting evidence can be interpreted. It is recommended that future research should distinguish clearly between these two forms of paranormal beliefs and that the Tobacyk Revised Paranormal Beliefs Scale should be routinely modified to detach the four religious paranormal belief items from the total scale score.

تاريخ نشر

2009

توصيف ظاهري

345-356

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

31/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

FRANCIS SCALE OF ATTITUDE TOWARD CHRISTIANITY

اصطلاح موضوعی

NORTHERN IRELAND

اصطلاح موضوعی

PARANORMAL BELIEFS

اصطلاح موضوعی

TOBACYK

اصطلاح موضوعی

WALES

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Christopher Lewis

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Emyr Williams

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Leslie Francis

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/008467209X12499946199605

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y