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Paranormal belief and proneness to dissociation
1Department of Psychology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
Psychological Reports
|December 1, 1994
Abstract:
The study investigated the relationship between scores on paranormal belief and proneness to dissociation in a sample of 100 Australian students of psychology. Scores on dissociation were positively correlated with those on global paranormal belief and with belief in psi, precognition, spiritualism, and extraordinary life-forms. It is suggested that in some instances paranormal beliefs may be a component of a complex defensive framework constructed in the face of the perceived uncontrollability of life.