Fantasy proneness, paranormal beliefs and personality features in out-of-body experiences

Contemporary Hypnosis

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 107-125

  Gow, Kathryn ^a   Lang, Tracey ^a   Chant, David ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Absorption; Fantasy proneness; OBEs; Paranormal beliefs; Somatoform dissociation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; EXPERIENCE; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INTUITION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 4744340840     PISSN: 09605290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ch.296     Document Type: Article

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