A Descriptive and Correlational Study of Persons Claiming

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A Descriptive and Correlational Study of Persons Claiming
Spontaneous Psi Experiences
Results:
Over two thirds of the sample (N= 432) reported telepathy experiences, ESP
dreams, out-of-body experiences, and many forms of spiritual contacts. Two thirds
indicated that their experiences had been conflictive, although also indicated never to
have consulted. Those who did, pointed out that relatives and friends were the persons
most consulted. We compared them with a sample of students (N= 392) using the t test.
An average significantly greater of experiences in our sample than the one for the
students (Mean= 6.12 vs. 3.19, pdif <.0001). We also found that they felt more spiritual
than that of the students (U of Mann-Whitney, p <.0001, one tail), but that it does not
influence the experiences in our sample. The students’s spirituality correlates positively
and significantly with the report of experiences such as perception of lights/energies,
and out-of-the-body experiences (p<.0001).
The emotional reactions towards anomalous experiences was explored in two
studies using sub-sample of the first sample. The first one, three third parts (N= 32) put
emphasis on many types of fear. Wonder, perplexity, well-being, and anxiety also were
reported. The score of conflictivity decreased significantly (4.85 to 1.70). The group
activity enhance their personal or spiritual development, others found a new meaning
for their psi experiences, or feeling emotionally better, better interpersonal relationships,
and new meaning in their life. The second one reports the results of psychometric tests.
The results did not indicate abnormal traits nor dissociation. The sample is emotionally
stable and introverted. As sample, they obtained a high-scored schizophrenia and
hypochodriasis (code 8-1) and maniacal over schyzoids defense mechanisms.
Published work:
Book´s Chapters
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2006). El procesamiento emocional de las
experiencias paranormales en psicoterapia grupal. En A. Parra (Ed.), "Psicología de las
experiencias paranormales: Introducción a la teoría, investigación, y aplicaciones
terapéuticas". Buenos Aires: Akadia.
Parra, A. (2005). Los fenómenos parapsicológicos: Experiencias Psicológicas no
convencionales. En R. D. Alarcón, G. Mazzoti, y H. Nicolini Sánchez (Eds.),
"Psiquiatría, segunda edición" (pp. 187-193). México, DF: El Manual
Moderno/Organización Panamericana de la Salud.
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2004a). Estudio exploratorio de las características
de personalidad, psicopatología, inteligencia y mecanismos de defensa de sujetos que
reportan experiencias paranormales espontáneas. "Revista Argentina de Psicología
Paranormal, 15", 31-45.
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Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2003a). Un abordaje modelo para el procesamiento
de las reacciones emocionales ante experiencias paranormales. "Revista Argentina de
Psicología Paranormal, 14", 9-27.
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2002a). Experiencias psi-conflictivas: Una encuesta
con implicaciones en parapsicología clínica. "Revista Argentina de Psicología
Paranormal, 13", 7-47.
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2004). A clinical approach to the emotional
processing of anomalous/paranormal experiences in group therapy. "Journal of the
Society for Psychical Research, 68.3", 876, 129-142.
Articles in paranormal popular magazines
Parra, A. (2004d). PK occurrences, epilepsy and repressed aggression: Analysis of
Andrés Venier case. "Paranormal Review, # 32", pp. 23-27.
Articles in non-parapsychological journals
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2005b). ¿Las Experiencias Paranormales son
psicológicamente perturbadoras? Una encuesta comparando estudiantes universitarios y
aficionados a temas paranormales. "Revista Interamericana de Psicología, 39"(2), 285294.
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2005a). ¿Las experiencias paranormales son
psicológicamente perturbadoras?: Un estudio comparando dos muestras encuestadas.
"Revista de Neuro-Psiquiatría, 68"(1-2), 107-117.
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2004). Cambios cognitivo-experienciales frente a
experiencias anómalo/paranormales en psicoterapia grupal. En "Libro de Resumenes
Sexto Congreso Regional Sudamericano de Investigación en Psicoterapia “¿Qué hay de
Nuevo en Investigación en Psicoterapia?” Buenos Aires, 29-30 Octubre.
Papers presented in Symposiums
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2002). Procesamiento psicológico de experiencias
psíquicas anómalas: Abordaje terapéutico en grupos de reflexión. En F.E. da Silva
(Ed.), "Primer Encontro Psi: Refletindo sobre a Paranormalidade Humana". Curitiba,
Paraná: Facultades Integradas “Espírita”.
Gómez Montanelli, D. & Parra, A. (2000). Conflictive psi experiences: A survey with
implications for clinical parapsychology. En F. Steinkamp (Ed.), "Proceedings of the
43th Annual Convention of the Parapsychological Association" (pp.178-191). Freiburg,
West Germany: Parapsychological Association.
Parra, A. 2004, Marzo 26 – Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Granada (Granada,
España). Tema: "Experiencias Paranormales: Abordaje clínico desde una perspectiva
psicológica y psicopatológica".
2000 – Division 30: American Psychological Association Convention Symposium:
Varieties of anomalous experience (Washington, DC, USA). Tema: "Descriptive and
correlational study of persons claiming spontaneous psi experiences [in absentia"
expuso Daniel E. Gómez Montanelli].
Conferences invited
2006, Octubre 28. Segundas Jornadas de Investigación en Psicología UCES. Tema:
"Alucinación psicopatológica e alucinación normal: Elaboración de un sistema
prioritario de exploración".
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2005, Agosto 27-30. IV Congreso Mundial de Psicoterapia. Tema: "Un abordaje
modelo para el procesamiento de las reacciones emocionales ante experiencias
paranormales".
2005, Julio 1-2. V Congreso Iberoamericano de Evaluación Psicológica. Tema:
"Estudio exploratorio de las características de personalidad, psicopatología,
inteligencia y mecanismos de defensa de sujetos que reportan experiencias
paranormales espontáneas".
2004, Octubre 29-30. VI Congreso Regional Sudamericano de Investigación en
Psicoterapia: ¿Qué hayt e nuevo en investigación en psicoterapia?. Tema: "El
procesamiento emocional de las experiencias paranormales en psicoterapia grupal".
Researcher’s Contacts:
Daniel Gómez Montanelli and Alejandro Parra
Phone: (+5411) 43 05 67 24
Fax: same
Email: [email protected]