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PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
Volume 39, Issue 1, Pages 93-102Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.12.008
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cognitive style; personality correlates; Schizotypal personality disorder; parapsychological phenomena; teacher attitudes; individual differences; paranormal beliefs
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This study examines the psychological correlates of paranormal beliefs among teachers and teachers in training. Teachers are a population of special interest because they may transmit paranormal beliefs to their students. Teacher paranormal beliefs were found to be correlated with cognitive perceptual and disorganized schizotypal thinking and intuitive thinking styles. The overall pattern of the correlations suggests that intuitive thinking style and schizotypal thinking contribute independently to paranormal belief. This study confirms the findings of Wolfradt, Oubaid, Straube, Bischoff, and Mischo (1999) of a statistically significant difference in paranormal belief between thinking style groups, although the effect size was small. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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