Strong commitment to traditional protestant religious beliefs is negatively related to beliefs in paranormal phenomena

Psychological Reports

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-189

  Hillstrom, Elizabeth L ^a   Strachan, Melissa ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; STUDENT;

ADULT; CHRISTIANITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS;

EID: 0034137013     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2000.86.1.183     Document Type: Article

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