Creation and Validation of the Belief in the Supernatural Scale.
This study aimed to create and validate a new scale, the "Belief in the Supernatural Scale." Study one used an Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to reduce an initial item pool of 71 items to 44 and to identify a factor structure with 382 participants. A five factor structure was proposed: "mental an...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Parapsychology Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 41 - 65 |
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Rhine Research Center
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