I'm very receptive to magical or supernatural experiences, rather than skeptical. 4 5
P04. At times, I have myself experienced extrasensory perceptions, or ESP. (S)
| P04. At times, I have myself experienced extrasensory perceptions, or ESP. (S)
|
.52 |
| |
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| |||
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P06. Spiritual entities in different forms could indeed exist among and around us in the world. |
.38 |
|
.38 |
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P07. A spiritual energy or force like Karma could not possibly influence what happens to someone in life. (R) |
.35 |
-.27 |
.29 |
|
P02. No human mind could ever directly experience an alternate reality to our physical reality. |
.31 |
|
.33 |
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Fundamentalism |
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F08. To lead the best, most meaningful life, one must belong to the one, fundamentally true religion. |
|
.84 |
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F06. When you get right down to it, there are basically only two kinds of people in the world: the Rightous, who will be rewarded by God, and the rest, who will not. |
|
.81 |
|
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F11. The fundamentals of Gods religion should never be tampered with, or compromised with other beliefs. |
|
.76 |
|
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F02. No single book of religious teachings contains all the intrinsic, fundamental truths about life. (R) |
|
.74 |
|
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F01. God has given humanity a complete, unfailing guide to happiness and salvation, which must be totally followed. |
|
.74 |
|
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F05. There is a particular set of religious teachings in this world that are so true, you cant go any "deeper" because they are the basic, bedrock message that God has given humanity. (R) |
|
.73 |
|
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F04. It is more important to be a good person than to believe in God and the right religion. (R) |
|
.72 |
|
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F07. Scriptures may contain general truths, but they should NOT be considered completely, literally true from beginning to end. (R) |
|
.70 |
|
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F12. All of the religions in the world have flaws and wrong teachings. There is no perfectly true, right religion. (R) |
|
.69 |
|
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F03. The basic cause of good and evil in this world is Satan, who is still constantly and ferciously fighting against God. |
|
.68 |
|
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F09. "Satan" is just the name people give to their own bad impulses. There really is no such thing as a diabolical "Prince of Darkness" who tempts us. (R) |
|
.54 |
.39 |
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F10. Whenever science and scripture conflict, science is probably right. |
|
.33 |
.59 |
|
Spirituality |
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S05. My beliefs about the world are completely atheistic and non-spiritualistic. (R) |
|
|
.88 |
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S03. Im completely skeptical toward any type of spiritual or religious belief. (R) |
|
|
.81 |
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S06. I doubt our universe has any intended purpose by any form of "higher" force or being. (R) |
|
|
.76 |
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S01. I tend to reject all spiritual or religious interpretations of things. (R) |
|
|
.75 |
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S02. Im especially attracted to spiritual perspectives on life. |
|
|
.66 |
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S07. I tend to have deeply spiritual beliefs and feelings that are profoundly important to me. |
|
.28 |
.62 |
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S04. Im certain some intelligent force or being exists in the universe connecting all persons. |
|
|
.58 |
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S09. I tend to think of myself as especially spiritually-oriented. |
|
.33 |
.51 |
|
Note: N=653. Principal components extraction, direct oblimin rotation. All items loaded most highly on their corresponding factors, with the exception of one fundamentalism item (F10) and one paranormal items (P02). Factor intercorrelations were I (Para),II (Fund), r=-.13, I and III (Spir), r=.30, and II and III, r=.34. Reverse scored items are indicated by (R). Items constituting the 10-item Belief in the Paranormal scale used in samples B, C, and D are underlined and indicated by (S). Several TPS items are derived from items in Tobacyk's (1988) revised Paranormal Beliefs scale. Fundamentalism markers are Altemeyer and Hunsberger's (2003) shortform measure of religious fundamentalism. Spirituality markers are from Trapnell, P. (2005), unpublished data. | |||
Table 2. TPS descriptive statistics
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Time1 |
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Time2 |
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N |
Alpha |
Mean |
SDev |
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N |
Alpha |
Mean |
SDev |
|
rT1,T2* |
|
Women |
728 |
.93 |
3.14 |
.63 |
|
453 |
.94 |
3.10 |
.67 |
|
.76 |
|
Men |
345 |
.93 |
2.94 |
.68 |
|
191 |
.94 |
2.88 |
.72 |
|
.73 |
|
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Combined sample |
1,079 |
.93 |
3.08 |
.65 |
|
644 |
.94 |
3.04 |
.69 |
|
.75 |
|
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Note: Test re-test interval was approximately 5 months. Time1 TPS items were administered in a pencil and paper format, in small groups. Time2 TPS items were administered over the internet, and participants were permitted to complete the survey from any internet connected PC.
Table 3. Selected TPS correlates
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TPS |
STrans |
SMS |
Spir |
Refl |
|
Combined sample |
.46*** |
.20*** |
.33*** |
.27*** |
|
Women |
.42*** |
.17*** |
.28*** |
.29*** |
|
Men |
.53*** |
.20*** |
.42*** |
.24*** |
Note: Based on Time2 data, combined N=644. Column labels are Transpersonal
and Paranormal Beliefs Scale (TPS), 15-item shortform version of Cloninger et al.
(1991) Self-Transcendence scale (STrans), 15-item Spiritual Meaning Scale (SMS),
8-item Spirituality scale (Spir), 12-item RRQ Reflection scale (Refl) .
* SPSS Scoring Key.
*====================================================*.
RECODE
TP2 TP5 TP7 TP8 TP10 TP12
TP13 TP15 TP18 TP20 TP21 TP24 TP25
(5=1)(1=5) (4=2) (2=4).
*====================================================*.
COMPUTE TPS= MEAN.24(TP1 to TP26).
*====================================================*.
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