Perceived control by 'powerful others' in paranormal healers

Author: Snel FW//van der Sijde PC
Affiliation: Chiron Foundation, The Netherlands
Conference/Journal: Psychol Rep
Date published: 1997
Other: Volume ID: 81 , Issue ID: 2 , Pages: 543-6 , Word Count: 90


49 paranormal healers working by laying-on of hands (direct healing) and healing at a distance were compared with 56 nurses and a control group of 73 randomly selected persons on their locus of control and especially on the subscale Powerful Others of Levenson. The paranormal healers scored external in locus of control, and their scores differed significantly from those of the other two groups tested on the Powerful Others subscale. This finding may be associated with the dependent position of paranormal healers since their profession is tolerated by medical doctors and the law