On the relationship between paranormal belief and schizotypy among adolescents

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Hergovich, Andreas ^a   Schott, Reinhard ^a   Arendasy, Martin ^b  

^a Institute of Basic Psychological Research   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Magical ideation; Paranormal belief; Schizotypy; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649108048     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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