Children who speak of past-life experiences: Is there a psychological explanation?

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-67

  Haraldsson, Erlendur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STRESS; PERSONALITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; VIOLENCE;

CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SPEECH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUGGESTION;

EID: 0037346138     PISSN: 14760835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/14760830260569256     Document Type: Article

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