title: [« Co-occurrence of religious, superstitious, and delusional-like beliefs »].
abstract: Empirical data supporting a relationship between religious beliefs, superstitious beliefs and delusion-like beliefs remain sparse, even though these 3 types of beliefs have a common point: the fact that they rest on little or no proof. This suggests that these beliefs could be underlain by a common cognitive mechanism and thus, should be observed in the same individuals. To test this last hypothesis, we asked 95 participants without any psychiatric history to complete questionnaires of delusion-like, religious, and superstitious beliefs. Superstitious beliefs positively correlated with religious and delusion-like beliefs and thus tended to appear in the same individuals. However, delusion-like beliefs were only partially linked to religious beliefs. Therefore, their relation to religious beliefs remains ambiguous.
authors: Université McGill.
authors: Marie
authors: M
authors: Prévost
authors: Université McGill; Institut universitaire en santé mentale Douglas, Montréal.
authors: Jacques Bruno
authors: JB
authors: Debruille
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003469:Culture; D003702:Delusions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012067:Religion; D013483:Superstitions; D055815:Young Adult