Transliminality, the mental experience inventory and tolerance of ambiguity

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 853-863

  Thalbourne, Michael A ^a   Houran, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Daydreaming; Mental experience inventory; Psi experiences; Tolerance of ambiguity; Transliminality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178644     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(99)00143-9     Document Type: Article

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