Paranormal Health Beliefs: Relations Between Social Dominance Orientation and Mental Illness

Social Dominance and Sexual Orientation

Summary Heterosexual males are reported to display higher levels of physical aggression and lower levels of empathy than homosexual males. A characteristic linked to both aggression and empathy is social dominance orientation (SDO). A significant sex difference has been reported for SDO, with heterosexual males scoring higher than heterosexual females. The precise relationship between dominance...

Paranormal beliefs, religious beliefs and personality correlates

What is mental illness? Social representations of mental illness among British and French mental health professionals

: Mental health professionals are important actors in implementing public mental health policies and in shaping lay representations of mental illness. The research reported in this paper focuses on the social representations of mental illness held by these professionals in Britain and France. In interviews conducted with sixty mental health workers from a range of professional backgrounds the d...

Paranormal experiences, mental health and mental boundaries, and psi

Please cite this article in press as: Rabeyron, T., & Differences (2009), doi:10.1016/j.paid.2009.11.0 Previous research has suggested that paranormal beliefs and experiences are associated with thinner mental boundaries and traumas during childhood. This paper examines more thoroughly the relationship between paranormal experiences, mental health and boundaries, and psi abilities. One hundred ...

Social Distance and Mental Illness: Attitudes Among Mental Health and Non-Mental Health Professionals and Trainees

Stigma has been defined as a product of disgrace that sets a person apart from others (Byrne, 2000). Stigma towards adults with mental illness, defined here as a serious medical condition such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression that disrupts a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others, and daily functioning (National Alliance on Mental Illness [NAMI], 20...