34  Supernatural Belief

Cluster: Belief Measures

34.1 Measure

Modifications

34.2 Implementation

Question wording

Participants read the following text:

Please read each of the following statements carefully and state to what extent you agree. There are no right or wrong answers and your responses remain anonymous.

Items

Qlabel	question
snb_01	There is some sort of life after death
snb_02	Sometime after I die, I expect that I’ll be born again in another body.
snb_03	The positions of the stars and planets affect people’s lives
snb_04	Some people have mystical powers (e.g. to heal, harm, or bring good luck)
snb_05	Some objects have mystical powers (e.g. to heal, harm, or bring good luck)
snb_06	There are underlying forces of good and evil in this world.
snb_07	There exists a universal spirit or life force.
snb_08	There is a power in the universe that causes good things to happen to people who behave morally and bad things to happen to people who behave immorally.
snb_09	Most significant life events are meant to be and happen for a reason.
snb_10	Supernatural beings of some kind exist
snb_11	There exist supernatural beings that are good/kind (e.g. COUNTRY SPECIFIC)
snb_12	There exist supernatural beings that are harmful. (e.g COUNTRY SPECIFIC)
snb_13	Some people will be punished after they die
snb_14	Some people will be rewarded after they die
snb_15	Making other people envious of you can cause illness or misfortune.
snb_16	Have you ever felt as though you were connected to a powerful spiritual force?
snb_17	Do you carry any objects for luck or protection?

Country Specific Examples

Brazil

snb_11: e.g. angels, nature spirits

snb_12: e.g. demons, ghosts

China

snb_11: e.g. ancestor spirits

snb_12: e.g. ghosts

Denmark

snb_11: e.g. angels, nature spirits

snb_12: e.g. demons, ghosts

Japan

snb_11: e.g. angels, spirits

snb_12: e.g.  ghosts, monsters

UK

snb_11: e.g. angels, nature spirits

snb_12: e.g. demons, ghosts

USA

snb_11: e.g. angels, nature spirits

snb_12: e.g. demons, ghosts

34.3 Coding

Items snb_01 - snb_15 use our standard response scale for agreement

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
strongly disagree	moderately disagree	slightly disagree	neither agree nor disagree	slightly agree	moderately agree	strongly agree

Item snb_16 uses the following bespoke scale

1	2	3
Yes, I’ve had an experience like this.	I’ve had an experience like this, but I didn’t associate it with a spiritual force.	No, I’ve never had an experience like this.

Item snb_17 is a Yes/No response

Scoring

See the General Belief landing page for all belief measures variables and their definitions.