Objective measurement of paranormal belief: A rebuttal to Vitulli

Psychological Reports

Volumn 88, Issue 3 PART 1, 2001, Pages 641-644

  Lange, Rense ^b   Irwin, Harvey J ^a   Houran, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035379017     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2001.88.3.641     Document Type: Article

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