Table 4.
The effects of group (latent profile) in relation to Paranormal Belief, Reality Testing, Belief in Science, and Emotion-based Reasoning.
| Dependent variable | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paranormal belief | Reality testing | Belief in science | Emotion-based reasoning | ||||
| ANOVA | MANOVA | ||||||
| F df (Sig.; η2) | F df (Sig.; η2) | F df (Sig.; η2) | F df (Sig.; η2) | Pillai's trace | F df (Sig.) | η2 | |
| Variable | |||||||
| Group | 62.50 5, 950 (<0.001; 0.24) | 2.89 5, 950 (<0.001; 0.19) | 79.04 5, 950 (<0.001; 0.03) | 53.01 5, 950 (<0.001; 0.09) | 0.31 | 16.31 20, 3800 (<0.001) | 0.07 |
| Pairwise comparisons (mean differences) between classes | |||||||
| Class contrast | Mean diff. (Sig.) | Mean diff. (Sig.) | Mean diff. (Sig.) | Mean diff. (Sig.) | |||
| Class 1 vs. Class 2 | 5.26 (1.00) | 0.67 (1.00) | −2.49 (1.00) | −0.35 (1.00) | |||
| Class 1 vs. Class 3 | 30.20 (0.034) | 9.72 (0.004) | −4.14 (1.00) | 0.65 (1.00) | |||
| Class 1 vs. Class 4 | 22.15 (0.209) | 0.31 (1.00) | −2.63 (1.00) | −0.44 (1.00) | |||
| Class 1 vs. Class 5 | 44.09 (<0.001) | 7.32 (0.035) | −4.94 (0.285) | 0.29 (1.00) | |||
| Class 1 vs. Class 6 | 78.49 (<0.001) | 15.59 (<0.001) | −6.97 (0.006) | 1.31 (0.006) | |||
| Class 2 vs. Class 3 | 24.93 (0.107) | 9.05 (0.004) | −1.65 (1.00) | 1.00 (0.220) | |||
| Class 2 vs. Class 4 | 16.88 (0.629) | −0.36 (1.00) | −0.14 (1.00) | −0.09 (1.00) | |||
| Class 2 vs. Class 5 | 38.82 (<0.001) | 6.64 (0.040) | −2.45 (1.00) | 0.64 (1.00) | |||
| Class 2 vs. Class 6 | 73.22 (<0.001) | 14.91 (<0.001) | −4.48 (0.179) | 1.67 (<0.001) | |||
| Class 3 vs. Class 4 | −8.04 (1.00) | −9.41 (<0.001) | 1.50 (1.00) | −1.09 (0.006) | |||
| Class 3 vs. Class 5 | 13.89 (0.662) | 2.40 (1.00) | −0.79 (1.00) | 0.35 (1.00) | |||
| Class 3 vs. Class 6 | 48.29 (<0.001) | 5.86 (0.005) | −2.83 (0.716) | 0.66 (0.222) | |||
| Class 4 vs. Class 5 | 21.93 (0.001) | 7.01 (<0.001) | −2.30 (1.00) | 0.73 (0.043) | |||
| Class 4 vs. Class 6 | 56.33 (<0.001) | 15.28 (<0.001) | −4.33 (0.001) | 1.76 (<0.001) | |||
| Class 5 vs. Class 6 | 34.40 (<0.001) | 8.27 (<0.001) | −2.03 (0.747) | 1.02 (<0.001) | |||
Class 1 = High Paranormal Experience, intermediate Paranormal Practitioner Visiting and Paranormal Ability (n = 34). Class 2 = Moderately high Paranormal Experience and Paranormal Ability, intermediate Paranormal Practitioner Visiting (n = 44). Class 3 = Intermediate Paranormal Experience and Paranormal Practitioner Visiting, low Paranormal Ability (n = 68). Class 4 = Moderately low Paranormal Experience, low Paranormal Practitioner Visiting, and moderately high Paranormal Ability (n = 144). Class 5 = Moderately low Paranormal Experience and Ability, low Paranormal Practitioner Visiting (n = 148). Class 6 = Low Paranormal Experience, Paranormal Practitioner Visiting and Paranormal Ability (n = 518).