Relationship Between Personality Traits and Dejavu Experience Among Religious and NonReligious People
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https://doi.org/10.51253/pafmj.v74i2.6111Keywords:
Déjà vu experience, Personality traits, Religious, non-religiousAbstract
Objective: To investigate the significant differences in the response of male and female participants to déjà vu experiences andto analyze whether the Big Five personality traits predict déjà vu experiences among religious and non-religious participants.
Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: City of Lahore, Pakistan, from Jan to Nov 2020.
Methodology: This study comprised a random sample of 160 male and female participants, aged 20-50 years from the different communities. The questionnaire, Big Five personality trait, and Italian inventory Déjà vu experience assessment instruments were used to investigate the relationship between personality traits and déjà vu experience among religious and non-religious participants.
Result: The score of male participants for déjà vu experience Mean±SD=51.55±9.26, and the score of female participants for déjà vu experience Mean±SD=50.08±8.47. Déjà vu among participants has a positive effect, with 0.026 for extraversion, 0.416 for conscientiousness, and 0.676 for openness to experience.
Conclusion: Our study results exhibited that male and female participants showed no significant difference in their déjà vu experiences. Moreover, the study results showed that extraversion, conscientiousness, and openness to experience personality traits were positive predictors of déjà vu experiences among participants from different religions and non-religions.
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