Illusory Beliefs Questionnaire Test

People who want to examine how ideas about magic, fate, spirituality, and the power of thought shape their interpretations may use this questionnaire for structured self-reflection. The Illusory Beliefs Questionnaire Test is intended for readers curious about their own belief patterns and the situations in which those beliefs become noticeable. As a magical thinking questionnaire, it offers a focused profile rather than a clinical label.

What This Assessment Explores

The statements address omens, luck, fate, rituals, miracles, prayer, higher powers, and thoughts that seem able to cause or predict events. They also ask whether a bad feeling changes a decision or becomes evidence. As a spiritual beliefs test, it separates supernatural conviction from the tendency to fuse thoughts with reality.

Results are grouped into the following reported dimensions:

• Cognitive Fusion (5-25) measures treating thoughts as reality; Low fusion is 5-11, Moderate fusion is 12-18, and High fusion is 19-25.
• Spirituality (6-30) measures belief in higher powers; Low is 6-13, Moderate is 14-21, and High is 22-30.
• Magical Beliefs (10-50) measures belief in magic, omens, and rituals; Low is 10-23, Moderate is 24-36, and High is 37-50.
• Total Score (21-105) estimates overall illusory beliefs; Low is 21-49, Moderate is 50-77, and High is 78-105.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement uses five choices from Strongly disagree to Strongly agree. The items cover beliefs, rituals, avoidance, spiritual interpretations, and thought-event links; responses are aggregated into thematic scores and a total score. This dimensional self-report method describes endorsed patterns rather than observing behavior directly.

The Illusory Beliefs Inventory (Kingdon et al., 2012) is the source instrument whose three-domain structure this online questionnaire follows; it measures magical thinking and related belief patterns. Shihata et al. (2014) later examined its construct validity. The online version has no independently established norms or validation data, so reliability findings from those studies do not automatically transfer to it.

The questionnaire does not document its item weighting or reverse-coding procedure. For a thought fusion assessment, the displayed bands are descriptive categories within this questionnaire. The ranges organize results into low, moderate, and high levels. Higher scores may indicate stronger endorsement or greater salience of the relevant belief pattern, not that a religious or spiritual belief is inherently irrational or harmful.

Current stress, cultural background, self-awareness, and the wish to answer favorably can influence self-report. The profile is most useful when read alongside the situations behind the answers and any wider psychological context.