TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological Characteristics of Children Who Speak of a Previous Life
T2 - A Further Field Study in Sri Lanka
AU - Haraldsson, Erlendur
AU - Fowler, Patrick C.
AU - Periyannanpillai, Vimala
PY - 2000/12
Y1 - 2000/12
N2 - Personality and mental ability measures were administered to 27 pairs of children in Sri Lanka who did, or did not, claim memories of a previous life. Questionnaires about their behavior, development, and family environment were administered to their parents. Children claiming previous-life memories performed better in school than did their peers and they were not more suggestible. The Child Behavior Checklist revealed that they exhibited more behavioral problems, including oppositional traits, and obsessional and perfectionistic characteristics. The Child Dissociation Checklist showed them to have dissociative tendencies (e.g. rapid changes in personality and frequent daydreaming). The structure of their family environment did not differ measurably from that of comparison children.
AB - Personality and mental ability measures were administered to 27 pairs of children in Sri Lanka who did, or did not, claim memories of a previous life. Questionnaires about their behavior, development, and family environment were administered to their parents. Children claiming previous-life memories performed better in school than did their peers and they were not more suggestible. The Child Behavior Checklist revealed that they exhibited more behavioral problems, including oppositional traits, and obsessional and perfectionistic characteristics. The Child Dissociation Checklist showed them to have dissociative tendencies (e.g. rapid changes in personality and frequent daydreaming). The structure of their family environment did not differ measurably from that of comparison children.
KW - Sri Lanka
KW - dissociation
KW - memory
KW - mental abilities
KW - personality traits
KW - reincarnation
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0034526423
U2 - 10.1177/136346150003700403
DO - 10.1177/136346150003700403
M3 - Article
SN - 1363-4615
VL - 37
SP - 525
EP - 544
JO - Transcultural Psychiatry
JF - Transcultural Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -