The Out-of-Body Experience and Personality Adjustment
The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease June 1, 1987 Jerome J. Tobacyk, Thomas P. Mitchell 32 citations
College students who reported having out-of-body experiences were compared with those who did not on measures of personality adjustment, death orientation, defensive style, narcissism, self-concept, and social desirability. Among 445 students, 65 reported such experiences. No meaningful differences in personality adjustment emerged between the two groups. The only distinction was that reporters endorsed stronger beliefs in precognition, psi, spiritualism, and witchcraft. The findings suggest that having an out-of-body experience is not linked to either better or worse psychological adjustment.