Associations between sleep variables and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs: A scoping review
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Título: | Associations between sleep variables and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs: A scoping review |
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Autor/es: | Rauf, Betul | Perach, Rotem | Madrid-Valero, Juan J. | Denis, Dan | Sharpless, Brian A. | Farron, Hope | French, Christopher C. | Gregory, Alice M. |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Psicología Aplicada a la Salud y Comportamiento Humano (PSYBHE) |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Psicología de la Salud |
Palabras clave: | Anomalous | Lucid dreaming | Parasomnias | Sleep disturbance | Sleep paralysis | Supernatural |
Fecha de publicación: | 18-abr-2023 |
Editor: | John Wiley & Sons |
Cita bibliográfica: | British Journal of Psychology. 2023, 114(4): 797-818. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12655 |
Resumen: | Night-time is a period of great significance for many people who report paranormal experiences. However, there is limited understanding of the associations between sleep variables and seemingly paranormal experiences and/or beliefs. The aim of this review is to improve our understanding of these associations while unifying a currently fragmented literature-base into a structured, practical review. In this pre-registered scoping review, we searched for relevant studies in MEDLINE (PubMed), PsycINFO (EBSCO), Web of Science and EMBASE using terms related to sleep and ostensibly paranormal experiences and beliefs. Forty-four studies met all inclusion criteria. All were cross-sectional and most investigated sleep paralysis and/or lucid dreaming in relation to ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs. Overall, there were positive associations between many sleep variables (including sleep paralysis, lucid dreams, nightmares, and hypnagogic hallucinations) and ostensibly paranormal experiences and paranormal beliefs (including those of ghosts, spirits, and near-death experiences). The findings of this review have potential clinical implications such as reducing misdiagnosis and treatment development and provide foundations for further research. Our findings also highlight the importance of understanding why so many people report ‘things that go bump in the night’. |
Patrocinador/es: | This work was funded by a WA Sceptics grant to AMG to support the work of BR. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/133829 |
ISSN: | 0007-1269 (Print) | 2044-8295 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1111/bjop.12655 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2023 The Authors. British Journal of Psychology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The British Psychological Society. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12655 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - PSYBHE - Artículos de Revistas |
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