The incidence of schizotypy in new religious movements

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-67

  Day, Samantha ^a   Peters, Emmanuelle ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

New religious movements; Positive symptomatology; Religion; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006658760     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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