The role of fear in delusions of the paranormal

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 159-166

  Lange, Rense ^a   James Houran, M A ^b  

^a Illinois State Board of Education   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; FEAR; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARAPSYCHOLOGY; STUDENT;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DELUSIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SUPERSTITIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344609282     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199903000-00005     Document Type: Article

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