DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP13.96
Authors: Dr Krissy Wilson and Anna Todd
Abstract:
The following study examines the notion that belief in the paranormal may be beneficial. One hundred and fifty-one students from the University of Tasmania between 18 and 49 years of age took part in the study. Each participant completed a battery of self-report questionnaires. Questionnaires included two measures of paranormal belief and experience; The Australian ‘Sheep-Goat’ scale (ASGS: Thalbourne & Delin, 1993) and The Anomalous Experiences Inventory (AEI: Kumar, Pekala & Gallagher 1994), and a number of scales to assess beneficence; The Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire – Short Form (Petrides & Furnham, 2003) to measure Emotional Intelligence (EI), Luhtanen and Crocker’s (1992) Collective Self-Esteem Scale to measure Collective Self-Esteem (CSE) and Rosenberg’s (1965) Self-Esteem Scale to assess Self-Esteem (SE). Paranormal belief was found to correlate moderately with EI, and in turn, EI was found to correlate with both measures of self esteem.
Keywords: belief, paranormal, beneficence
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