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Drawing back the veil: the socio-psychological correlates of paranormal belief among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents
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Francis, Leslie J. and Williams, Emyr (2007) Drawing back the veil: the socio-psychological correlates of paranormal belief among 13- to 15-year-old adolescents. Christian Parapsychologist, Vol.17 . pp. 170-185. ISSN 0308-6194.
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Abstract
This study examines the socio-psychological profile of young people who believe that it is possible to contact the spirits of the dead. Data provided by 33,982 13- to 15-year-old pupils throughout England and Wales demonstrated that almost one in three young people (31%) held this particular belief in the paranormal. The level of belief was higher among females than among males, among year-ten pupils than among year-nine pupils, among pupils of lower academic expectations, among pupils who had experienced the death of a parent or whose parents had separated or divorced, among pupils from lower social class backgrounds, and among those who watched more than four hours television in a day. The level of belief was higher among pupils who had had a religious experience, but lower among pupils who attended church most weeks.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute of Education ( -2013) | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Spirituality -- Great Britain, Adolescent psychology -- Great Britain, Teenagers -- Religious life -- Great Britain, Television and teenagers -- Great Britain | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Christian Parapsychologist | ||||
Publisher: | Churches' Fellowship for Psychical & Spiritual Studies | ||||
ISSN: | 0308-6194 | ||||
Official Date: | 2007 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 170-185 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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