Contacting the Spirits of the Dead: Paranormal Belief and the Teenage Worldview

Autor/inn/en	Francis, Leslie J.; Williams, Emyr
Titel	Contacting the Spirits of the Dead: Paranormal Belief and the Teenage Worldview
Quelle	In: Journal of Research on Christian Education, 18 (2009) 1, S.20-35 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1065-6219
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Beliefs; Popular Culture; Evidence; Low Achievement; Young Adults; World Views; Ability; Interpersonal Communication; Human Body; Death; Social Behavior; Predictor Variables; Demography; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom (Wales) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Belief; Glaube; Popkultur; Evidenz; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; World view; Weltanschauung; Fähigkeit; Fertigkeit; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Menschlicher Körper; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Social behaviour; Soziales Verhalten; Prädiktor; Demografie
Abstract	A number of previous studies have examined both the overall level of belief expressed by young people in the paranormal and the major demographic predictors of such belief. Building on this research tradition, the present study examines how one specific paranormal belief concerning contact with the spirits of the dead integrates with the wider teenage worldview. Data provided by 33,982 pupils age 13 to 15 years throughout England and Wales demonstrated that almost one in three young people (31%) believed that it is possible to contact the spirits of the dead. Compared with young people who did not share this belief, the young people who believed in the possibility of contacting the spirits of the dead displayed lower psychological wellbeing, higher anxiety, greater isolation, greater alienation, less positive social attitudes, and less socially conforming lifestyles. Overall, paranormal beliefs seem to be associated with a less healthy worldview, in both personal and social terms. (Contains 10 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10