Order effects in research on paranormal belief.
Measures of paranormal belief and emotional intelligence were given a group of 72 college students using Tobacyk's Revised Paranormal Belief Scale and Schutte, Malouff, Hall, Haggerty, Cooper, Golden, and Dornheim's Emotional Intelligence Scale. Order effects indicated that participants who took the Paranormal Belief Scale first had lower emotional intelligence scores than those who took the Emotional Intelligence Scale first. The study demonstrates the importance of taking order effects into account when conducting research on paranormal belief.
Dudley
R Thomas
RT
Department of Psychology, Tarleton State University-Texas A&M, Tarleton Station 76402, USA. rdudley@tarleton.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010268:Parapsychology / Q000379:methods*; D012106:Research; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires