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Religiosity and personality: Are mystics introverted, neurotic, or psychotic?
Author(s) -
Caird Dale
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1987.tb00798.x
Subject(s) - psychoticism , neuroticism , psychology , extraversion and introversion , eysenck personality questionnaire , mysticism , personality , religiosity , personality test , big five personality traits , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , test validity , theology , philosophy
One hundred and fifteen subjects completed Hood's M scale, a measure of reported mystical experience, and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, which measures introversion/extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, and a lie score. No significant correlations were found between mysticism and the scales of the EPQ, nor could mysticism be predicted by multiple regression, either by the EPO scales with sex and age, or by the EPO scales controlling for sex and age.