Paranormal belief and attributional style.
52 college students completed Tobacyk's 1988 Revised Paranormal Belief Scale and Peterson, Semmel, von Baeyer, Abramson, Metalsky, and Seligman's 1982 Attributional Style Questionnaire. Analysis showed significantly higher depressive attributional styles among high scorers on paranormal phenomena than low scorers.
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Department of Psychology, Tarleton State University-Texas A&M, Stephenville 76402, USA. rdudley@tarleton.edu
Whisnand
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010268:Parapsychology; D010555:Personality Inventory; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology