Social Psychology and Society
2015. Vol. 6, no. 2, 132–145
ISSN: 2221-1527 / 2311-7052 (online)
Russian Adaptation and Validation of Tobacyk's Revised Paranormal Belief Scale
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Keywords: paranormal beliefs, superstition, irrationality, magical thinking, pseudo-science, attitudes
Journal rubric: Methodological Tools
Article type: scientific article
For citation: Grigoryev D.S. Russian Adaptation and Validation of Tobacyk's Revised Paranormal Belief Scale. Sotsial'naya psikhologiya i obshchestvo = Social Psychology and Society, 2015. Vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 132–145. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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