Velde, Femke van der (2022) The relation between synchronicity and paranormal beliefs. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The aim of this research is to find out whether people that believe more in the paranormal also experience more synchronicities. There were 16 participants, who were recruited from the social networks of the researchers. A questionnaire was composed out of the Revised Paranormal Beliefs Scale and the Weird Coincidence Scale-2. The questionnaire was distributed online via Qualtrics. A correlation was calculated between the paranormal beliefs scale and the synchronicities scale. The result was a correlation of 0,707. The conclusions from this research are that there is a strong correlation between paranormal beliefs and synchronicity, and thus that people who believe more in the paranormal seem to experience more synchronicities. A recommendation for future research would be to replicate the research with a higher number of participants to increase reliability and validity. Suggested ideas for further research would be to look at the relation synchronicity and the feeling that one can influence events and whether this gives people faith, whether synchronicity makes people superstitious, the relation between paranormal beliefs and life satisfaction and the disadvantages of strong paranormal beliefs. These findings can then be used to increase well-being and life satisfaction.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Mulberger Rogele, A.C. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 25 May 2022 07:36 |
| Last Modified: | 25 May 2022 07:36 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/481 |
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