Beliefs in the paranormal: Age and sex differences among elderly persons and undergraduate students

Psychological Reports

Volumn 85, Issue 3 PART 1, 1999, Pages 847-855

  Vitulli, William F ^a   Tipton, Steven M ^b   Rowe, Jennifer L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0033251631     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.1999.85.3.847     Document Type: Article

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