Eighty-five participants completed the Revised Paranormal Beliefs Scale (PBS [1]) and the Authoritarianism-Rebellion Scale (ARS [2]). Results indicate that authoritarianism is positively correlated with belief in the paranormal. No relationship between rebelliousness and belief in the paranormal was obtained. Women scored higher than men on five of the seven PBS subscales.
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