Intense religious experience was investigated in four samples matched on sex, age, social economic status, education, religious membership, and importance of religion. As predicted the American Indian and Mexican American samples (ns = 18) reported more intense religious experiences than either the Caucasian or acculturated Mexican American samples.
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