Validation of a Typology of Religious Experience and its Relationship to the Psychotic Experience

A typology of religious experience was validated and an empirical determination of the similarities between the religious and psychotic experiences was made. Expert and non-expert raters (n=16) were asked to differentiate religious experiences (n=12), fabricated religious experiences (n=12), and psy...

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Authors: Margolis, Robert D. (Author) ; Elifson, Kirk W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 1983
In: Journal of psychology and theology
Year: 1983, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 135-141
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Summary:A typology of religious experience was validated and an empirical determination of the similarities between the religious and psychotic experiences was made. Expert and non-expert raters (n=16) were asked to differentiate religious experiences (n=12), fabricated religious experiences (n=12), and psychotic experiences (n=12) using the typology of religious experience. A split plot, repeated measures analysis of variance yielded three significant findings: (a) Expert raters performed significantly better than non-expert raters at identifying the three types of experiences. (b) Non-expert raters with the typology performed as well as expert raters and significantly better than non-expert raters without the typology. (c) Psychotic experiences were more easily identified than were religious or fabricated experiences.
ISSN:2328-1162
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of psychology and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/009164718301100208