Relation of Tolerance of Ambiguity to Global and Specific Paranormal Experience

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 807-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Houran ◽  
Carl Williams
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Tolerance Of Ambiguity ◽  
Paranormal Beliefs ◽  
Internal Experience ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Paranormal Experience

We examined the relationship of tolerance of ambiguity to severe global factors and specific types of anomalous or paranormal experience. 107 undergraduate students completed MacDonald's 1970 AT-20 and the Anomalous Experiences Inventory of Kumar, Pekala, and Gallagher. Scores on the five subscales of the Anomalous Experiences Inventory correlated differently with tolerance of ambiguity. Global paranormal beliefs, abilities, experiences, and drug use were positively associated with tolerance of ambiguity, whereas a fear of paranormal experience showed a negative relation. The specific types of anomalous experiences that correlated with tolerance of ambiguity often involved internal or physiological experience, e.g., precognitive dreams, memories of reincarnation, visual apparitions, and vestibular alterations. We generally found no effects of age or sex. These results are consistent with the idea that some paranormal experiences are misattributions of internal experience to external (‘paranormal’) sources, a process analogous to mechanisms underpinning delusions and hallucinations.

Construct Validity: Person-Orientation and Value-Orientation Scales of the California Psychological Inventory

1978 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip G. Romine ◽  
Orville Crowell
Keyword(s):  
Construct Validity ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Value Orientation ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderate Relationship ◽  
Psychological Inventory ◽  
Person Orientation

The study investigated the construct validity of the California Psychological Inventory person-orientation and value-orientation scales by examining their relationships to Eysenck's extraversion and neuroticism dimensions. Both inventories were administered to 211 undergraduate students. While there was obviously a moderate relationship of .51 to .54 between the Person Orientation scores and Eysenck's extraversion, only about 25% of the variance in each of the two scales was common. The magnitude of the relationship between the Value Orientation scale and neurotic-extravert/stable-introvert group membership was slightly greater.

Protective and Risk Predictors in the Development of Drug Use

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
József Gerevich ◽  
Erika Bácskai
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
The Family ◽  
Risk Predictors ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Addictive Drug

The authors examined the relationship of two dimensions of the theory of social development—vulnerability (predictors, risk factors) and protectivity—in two samples, schoolchildren aged ten to fifteen years and addictive drug users. On the basis of the Hirschi model of protective factors, they found that the most important protective factors (attachment, commitment, involvement, belief) act against substance use. A surprising finding was that among the predictors of the addicts some forms of escape from the family act against the development of drug use, that is, they can be regarded as a protective predictor. The findings of the study draw attention to the complexity of the vulnerability-protectivity relationship and to the need for further research.

Investigations on brown rot of apricots caused by Sclerotinia fructicola (Wint.) Rehm. II. The relationship of the potassium status of apricot trees to brown rot susceptibility

1956 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 516 ◽  
Author(s):  
GC Wade
Keyword(s):  
Potassium Chloride ◽  
Brown Rot ◽  
Potassium Content ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Potassium Fertilizer ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Satisfactory Treatment ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spray Applications

It is shown that under Tasmanian conditions there is a negative relation between the potassium status of apricot trees and their susceptibility to brown rot. From regression equations calculated, it is suggested that trees with a potassium content of about 4.6 per cent. in oven-dry leaves would be resistant to brown rot. Difficulty was experienced in increasing the potassium content of the trees by soil or spray applications of potassium fertilizer, but when this was achieved, some reduction in brown rot incidence occurred. Regular annual soil dressings of potassium chloride at the rate of 2 lb per tree was the most satisfactory treatment tested.

The Relationship of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Use to the Risk of Breast Cancer

1999 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia F. Coogan ◽  
Sowmya R. Rao ◽  
Lynn Rosenberg ◽  
Julie R. Palmer ◽  
Brian L. Strom ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Drug Use ◽  
Inflammatory Drug ◽  
Anti Inflammatory ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Machiavellianism and Tolerance of Ambiguity

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 415-418 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley Moore ◽  
Michael Ward ◽  
Barry Katz
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
College And University ◽  
Tolerance Of Ambiguity ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship of Machiavellianism and Tolerance of Ambiguity was studied in 47 African-American college and university administrators. The mean score on Machiavellianism in the youngest group (30–40 yr.) of administrators was significantly higher on Machiavellianism than the mean of the oldest group (50 yr. and older) of administrators.

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