THE PERSONAL BELIEFS SCALE AS A MEASURE OF INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES IN COMMITMENT TO THE MIND-BODY BELIEFS PROPOSED BY CENTORE,F.F.

Authors
EMBREE RA EMBREE MC
Citation
Ra. Embree et Mc. Embree, THE PERSONAL BELIEFS SCALE AS A MEASURE OF INDIVIDUAL-DIFFERENCES IN COMMITMENT TO THE MIND-BODY BELIEFS PROPOSED BY CENTORE,F.F., Psychological reports, 73(2), 1993, pp. 411-428
Citations number
44
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
73
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
411 - 428
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1993)73:2<411:TPBSAA>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
F. F. Centore's (1979) taxonomy of mind-body beliefs centers on the de finition of what it means to be a person. The Personal Beliefs Scale w as developed to measure the relative influence of six mind-body positi ons in the thinking of the ordinary person. Responses from a sample of 251 undergraduates gave estimated split-half reliabilities of .83 or greater for each of the six subscales. Factor analysis provided substa ntive support for the Centore taxonomy. Implications of the mind-body issue are considered.