Se diseñó una encuesta on-line dirigida a interesados en temas new age, esoterismo y simpatizantes de una diversidad de experiencias psicológicas anómalas, espirituales, y paranormales (N = 1733; 70% mujeres y 30% varones, Media edad = 31,31). Los obj etivos de este estudio fueron: 1) evaluar la frecuencia y porcentaje de catorce tipos de experiencias, 2) medir el grado de su impacto emocional, y 3) relacionar cada experiencia con variables demográficas, tales como género, edad, estado civil, orden de nacimiento, religión y espiritualidad. Las experiencias anómalo/paranormales / género / edad.
The purposes of this study are to (1) evaluate la frequency and percentage of fourteen types of experiences; (2) measure the degree of emotional impact; and (3) relate each experience to demographic variables such as gender, age, marital status, birth order, religion and spirituality. To this end an online survey was designed to participants who were interested in topics such as “new age”, esotericism and a range of anomalous, spiritual and paranormal psychological experiences (N = 1733; 70% female, 30% males; median age = 31,31). Results show that the most frequent experiences were telepathy, premonitory dreams, sensations of a presence, and déjà-vu. Results also show that the most disturbing experiences were related to feelings of possessions, negative hallucinations and spontaneous
psychokinesis.