The Relationship between Paranormal Belief and the hexaco Domains of Personality

The hexaco-pi-r (Ashton & Lee, 2007) has been presented as an alternative measure of the Five Factor Model, with the inclusion of the dimension of honesty/humility. This new measure of personality was utilised alongside the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale (rpbs) in a correlational design among 1...

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Published in:Journal of empirical theology
Authors: Williams, Emyr (Author) ; Roberts, Ben L.H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Journal of empirical theology
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Psi / Faith / Personality
IxTheo Classification:AE Psychology of religion
AZ New religious movements
Further subjects:B HEXACO rbps personality paranormal belief
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Summary:The hexaco-pi-r (Ashton & Lee, 2007) has been presented as an alternative measure of the Five Factor Model, with the inclusion of the dimension of honesty/humility. This new measure of personality was utilised alongside the Revised Paranormal Belief Scale (rpbs) in a correlational design among 137 undergraduate students in Wales. Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that superstition was significantly negatively correlated with conscientiousness and openness to experience, while precognition was significantly negatively correlated with honesty/humility. No other personality factors were statistically significant predictors of any dimensions of paranormal belief. While these results do not provide strong support for previous findings, it is concluded that the inclusion of the honesty/humility dimension renders the hexaco-pi-r a useful measure for considering relationships between personality and paranormal belief.
ISSN:1570-9256
Contains:In: Journal of empirical theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341341