Common paranormal belief dimensions

Journal of Scientific Exploration

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-494

  Dagnall, Neil ^a   Parker, Andrew ^b   Munley, Gary ^b   Drinkwater, Kenneth ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anomalous experiences inventory (AEI); Australian sheep goat scale (ASGS); Paranormal belief scale (PBS); Paranormal beliefs; Paranormal short inventory (PSI); R PBS

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCES INVENTORY (AEI); AUSTRALIAN SHEEP-GOAT SCALE (ASGS); PARANORMAL BELIEF SCALE (PBS); PARANORMAL BELIEFS; PARANORMAL SHORT INVENTORY (PSI); R-PBS;

WOOL;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650734200     PISSN: 08923310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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