{"title":"Assessing Implicit Spirituality in a non-WEIRD Population: Development and Validation of an Implicit Measure of New Age and Paranormal Beliefs","authors":"E. Maraldi, M. Farias","doi":"10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There is a growing interest in the study of the cognitive processes underpinning New Age and Paranormal beliefs (NAPBs). However, there is a scarcity of research on this topic using non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) populations. The main purpose of this study was to develop an implicit association test (IAT) of NAPBs using a non-WEIRD sample (from a general Brazilian population). In addition, the study also explored if the association between implicit and explicit beliefs would be stronger than previously reported for studies conducted with WEIRD populations. The sample consisted of 615 respondents, 65.2% male, with a mean age of 36.5. As expected, the IAT correlated positively with a self-report scale of NAPBs and of spiritual practices, but it presented a higher correlation coefficient (r = .45, p < .001) than usually found with WEIRD populations. Additionally, the IAT was able to discriminate between believers and skeptics. The paper ends by addressing the cultural implications of the present findings.","PeriodicalId":47234,"journal":{"name":"International Journal for the Psychology of Religion","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7000,"publicationDate":"2020-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal for the Psychology of Religion","FirstCategoryId":"102","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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ABSTRACT There is a growing interest in the study of the cognitive processes underpinning New Age and Paranormal beliefs (NAPBs). However, there is a scarcity of research on this topic using non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic) populations. The main purpose of this study was to develop an implicit association test (IAT) of NAPBs using a non-WEIRD sample (from a general Brazilian population). In addition, the study also explored if the association between implicit and explicit beliefs would be stronger than previously reported for studies conducted with WEIRD populations. The sample consisted of 615 respondents, 65.2% male, with a mean age of 36.5. As expected, the IAT correlated positively with a self-report scale of NAPBs and of spiritual practices, but it presented a higher correlation coefficient (r = .45, p < .001) than usually found with WEIRD populations. Additionally, the IAT was able to discriminate between believers and skeptics. The paper ends by addressing the cultural implications of the present findings.
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The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion (IJPR) is devoted to psychological studies of religious processes and phenomena in all religious traditions. This journal provides a means for sustained discussion of psychologically relevant issues that can be examined empirically and concern religion in the most general sense. It presents articles covering a variety of important topics, such as the social psychology of religion, religious development, conversion, religious experience, religion and social attitudes and behavior, religion and mental health, and psychoanalytic and other theoretical interpretations of religion. The journal publishes research reports, brief research reports, commentaries on relevant topical issues, book reviews, and statements addressing articles published in previous issues. The journal may also include a major essay and commentaries, perspective papers of the theory, and articles on the psychology of religion in a specific country.