Correlates of paranormal beliefs, I: Schizotypy

Journal of Parapsychology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 301-325

  Kelley, Michael P ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magical Ideation; Paranormal Beliefs; Reality Distortion; Schizotypy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857809770     PISSN: 00223387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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