Superstitious, magical, and paranormal beliefs: An integrative model

被引：133

作者：

Lindeman, Marjaana ^{[1
]}

Aarnio, Kia ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Helsinki, Dept Psychol, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland

来源：

JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN PERSONALITY | 2007年 / 41卷 / 04期

基金：

芬兰科学院;

关键词：

superstition; magical thinking; paranormal beliefs; intuitive thinking; core knowledge;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jrp.2006.06.009

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Lack of conceptual clarity has hampered theory formation and research on superstitious, magical, and paranormal beliefs. This study offers a conceptual framework where these concepts are differentiated from other unfounded beliefs and defined identically as a confusion of core knowledge about physical, psychological, and biological phenomena. When testing this definition with questionnaire items (N=239), the results showed that superstitious individuals accepted more violations of core ontological distinctions than skeptics did and that ontological confusions discriminated believers from skeptics better than intuitive thinking, analytical thinking, or emotional instability. The findings justify the present conceptualization of superstitious, magical, and paranormal beliefs, and offer new theoretical propositions for the familiar everyday beliefs that are yet scientifically so poorly understood. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：731 / 744

页数：14

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