Assessing Implicit Spirituality in a non-WEIRD Population: Development and Validation of an Implicit Measure of New Age and Paranormal Beliefs

Everton Maraldi; Miguel Farias

doi:10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198

Assessing Implicit Spirituality in a non-WEIRD Population: Development and Validation of an Implicit Measure of New Age and Paranormal Beliefs

Everton Maraldi, Miguel Farias

Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-111
Number of pages	11
Journal	The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
Volume	30
Issue number	2
Early online date	25 Sept 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2019.1661198
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2020

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, on 25/09/2020, available online:
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This research was supported by a grant from FAPESP–São Paulo Research Foundation (grant number 16/00368-6).

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