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dc.contributorUniversitat Ramon Llull. Facultat de Comunicació i Relacions Internacionals Blanquerna
dc.contributor.authorDrinkwater, Kenneth Graham
dc.contributor.authorDagnall, Neil
dc.contributor.authorDenovan, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorParker, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorEscolà-Gascón, Álex
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-26T20:50:49Z
dc.date.available2024-01-26T20:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/3796
dc.description.abstractThis study investigated relationships between inter-class variations in paranormal experience and executive functions. A sample of 516 adults completed self-report measures assessing personal encounter-based paranormal occurrences (i.e., Experience, Practitioner Visiting, and Ability), executive functions (i.e., General Executive Function, Working and Everyday Memory, and Decision Making) together with Emotion Regulation and Belief in the Paranormal. Paranormal belief served as a measure of convergent validity for experience-based phenomena. Latent profile analysis (LPA) combined experience-based indices into four classes based on sample subpopulation scores. Multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) then examined interclass differences. Results revealed that breadth of paranormal experience was associated with higher levels of executive functioning difficulties for General Executive Function, Working Memory, Decision Making, and Belief in the Paranormal. On the Everyday Memory Questionnaire, scores differed on Attention Tracking (focus loss) and Factor 3 (visual reconstruction), but not Retrieval (distinct memory failure). In the case of the Emotion Regulation Scale, class scores varied on Expressive Suppression (control), however, no difference was evident on Cognitive Reappraisal (reframing). Overall, inter-class comparisons identified subtle differences in executive functions related to experience. Since the present study was exploratory, sampled only a limited subset of executive functions, and used subjective, self-report measures, further research is necessary to confirm these outcomes. This should employ objective tests and include a broader range of executive functions.ca
dc.format.extent10 p.ca
dc.language.isoengca
dc.publisherFrontiersca
dc.relation.ispartofFrontiers in Psychology, 10 gener 2022ca
dc.rights© L'autor/aca
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.otherParanormal experienceca
dc.subject.otherParanormal beliefca
dc.subject.otherLatent profile analysisca
dc.subject.otherSelf-report measuresca
dc.subject.otherMetacognitive processesca
dc.titleParanormal Experience Profiles and Their Association With Variations in Executive Functions: A Latent Profile Analysisca
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca
dc.rights.accessLevelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.embargo.termscapca
dc.subject.udc1ca
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.778312ca
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca


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