The relationships among paranormal beliefs\ locus of control and psychopathology in a Turkish college sample
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The relationships among paranormal beliefs\ locus of control and psychiatric symptomatology were investigated in a Turkish college sample of 249 participants "122 females and 006 males#[ The data were collected with the Turkish version of Tobacyk|s revised Paranormal Belief Scale "PBS!R#\ Rotter|s Internal! External Locus of Control Scale "IELOC#\ and Symptom Check List!89!Revised "SCL!89!R#[ Small but signi_cant positive correlations between the global scores of PBS!R and IELOC Scale "r 9[20\ P3 9[9990#\ PBS!R and SCL!89!R "r 9[03\ P3 9[90#\ IELOC Scale and SCL!89!R "r 9[20\ P3 9[9990# were found[ PBS!R subscales predicted locus of control better than psychopathology in general[ Correlations among the subscales of PBS!R and IELOC Scale were also reported[ Females were signi_cantly higher in Superstition\ and males in Extraordinary Life Forms subscale[ The discussion focussed on the role of paranormal beliefs as a personality system that brings a kind of control feeling\ depending on insu.cient internal control perceptions\ with a cost of psychopathology[ Þ 0888 Elsevier Science Ltd[ All rights reserved[ Key words] Paranormal beliefs^ Locus of control^ Psychopathology^ Gender di}erences^ College students^ Turkey
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