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September 5, 2025Frontiers in Psychology0 citationsOpen Access

Correction: Quality-checking a novel “fact sheet” on ghostly episodes

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BMBrandon MassulloJHJames HouranAGAlex Escolá Gascón

Key Points

  • Corrected citations enhance the credibility of fact sheets in public health education.
  • Approximately 12% of survey respondents reported encounters interpreted as paranormal activities.
  • Corrections include proper formatting and reference updates from multiple sources influencing public perception.
  • These changes affirm the reliability of fact sheets as educational tools on complex topics.

Abstract

The reference for Katz et al. 2005 was erroneously written as Katz, D. L., Meller, S., and Williams, A. L. (2012). Public health strategies for preventing and controlling obesity in school and worksite settings. Preventive Medicine, 55, 260-S105. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.ypmed.2012.06.012 It should be Katz, D. L., O'Connell, M., Yeh, M. C., Nawaz, H., Njike, V., Anderson, L. M., Cory, S., Dietz, W., YouGov, 2022) suggest that approximately 12% of survey respondents had encountered unusual physical events they interpreted as poltergeist activity." Watt et al. (2015) noted that 12% of respondents had encountered unusual physical events they interpreted as poltergeist activity."The corrected sentence appears below: "Some averaged statistics (Ross YouGov, 2022) suggest that approximately 12% of survey respondents had encountered unusual physical events they interpreted as poltergeist activity"Please remove the citation and reference for Watt et al., 2015 as it was in error Also please add the following to the Reference section. Ross, C. A., & Joshi, S. (1992). Paranormal experiences in the general population. Journal of Nervous andMental Disease, 180(6), 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199206000-YouGov. (2022, October 20). Americans describe their paranormal encounters Survey. YouGov America. Accessed at: https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/44141-paranormalencounters-yougov-poll-october-12-2022 The authors apologize for this error and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.Below is a table which clearly states the changes if there is any confusion above.In the published article, there were errors with seven in-text citations and corresponding entries in the reference list. These involved incorrect author names, publication years, or citation formatting. Table 1 provides the corrected citations and references. These corrections do not affect the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.We apologize for these errors and appreciate the opportunity to correct the record.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/68bb3ef72b87ece8dc9578a7https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1678465
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