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ERIC Number: EJ880002
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Jan
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0141-6200
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Personality, Conventional Christian Belief and Unconventional Paranormal Belief: A Study among Teenagers
Francis, Leslie J.; Williams, Emyr; Robbins, Mandy
British Journal of Religious Education, v32 n1 p31-39 Jan 2010
A sample of 10,851 pupils (5493 males and 5358 females) attending Year 9 classes (13- to 14-year-olds) and a sample of 9494 pupils (4787 males and 4707 females) attending Year 10 classes (14- to 15-year-olds) in non-denominational state-maintained secondary schools in England and Wales completed questions concerned with conventional Christian belief and unconventional paranormal belief, alongside the short-form Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The data demonstrated that conventional Christian belief and unconventional paranormal belief occupy different locations in relation to the Eysenckian model of personality in respect of the psychoticism scale and the lie scale. While conventional Christian belief is associated with lower psychoticism scores and higher lie scale scores (greater social conformity), unconventional paranormal belief is associated with higher psychoticism scores and lower lie scale scores (lower social conformity). (Contains 1 note and 2 tables.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales)
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