Supernatural Belief Scale
Psychology: Personality1 sample item
About this scale
Supernatural beliefs are beliefs in things that do not and cannot exist to the best of scientific knowledge, but which appear real to believers. Examples are the belief in god, angels, daemons, reincarnation , ghosts, and mind-body dualism . The short supernatural belief scale quantifies the degree to which people hold supernatural beliefs (Jong et al., 2013) .
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Source & citation
Jong, J., Bluemke, M., & Halberstadt, J. (2013). Fear of death and supernatural beliefs: Developing a new supernatural belief scale to test the relationship. European Journal of Personality, 27 , 495-506.
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