The Structure, Stability, and Social Antecedents of Reported Paranormal Experiences

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3133802
AutoresJohn W Fox (University of Northern Colorado, autor correspondente)
Ano1992
Volume53
Fascículo4
Páginas417
Data de publicação1992-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociological Analysis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0038-0210 • E-ISSN: 2325-7873
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3711436
OpenAlexW2183941831
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas19

Using national sample data from the General Social Surveys, this study assesses cultural source theories of reported paranormal experiences. The reported paranormal experiences of extrasensory perception, clairvoyance, contact with the dead, and mysticism, but not déjà vu, are found to have an invariant and stable factor structure across the 1984, 1988, and 1989 General Social Survey data. Déjà vu is more frequent among younger and more highly educated respondents, but it is unaffected by sex, race, income, marital status, and religious preference differences. Other reported paranormal experiences are higher among women but are unaffected by age, race, education, income, marital status, and religious preference differences. The effects of age and education on déjà vu and the effect of sex on other reported paranormal experiences are consistent across 1984, 1988, and 1989 General Social Survey data. The findings of this study suggest that cultural source theories and deprivation theory have little empirical support in explaining reported paranormal experiences

Extrasensory perception · General Social Survey · Happiness · Marital status · Paranormal · Perception · Preference · Sociology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Paranormal Experiences and Beliefs · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology