dc.contributor.author | Bridgstock, Martin | |
dc.contributor.author | Marais, Ida | |
dc.contributor.author | Sturgess, Kylie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-05-03T11:15:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-05-03T11:15:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.date.modified | 2011-10-26T07:11:49Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 01918869 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.033 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/39831 | |
dc.description.abstract | Wiseman and Watt's short scales of positive and negative superstitions have attracted attention in the literature. Using a representative survey of the Australian state of Queensland, the six scale items were applied to 1243 respondents. Initial investigation using Cronbach's alpha showed that one of the scales did not function properly. A factor analysis suggested that a four-item and a two-item scale best fitted the data. A Rasch analysis of all the items confirmed this, and showed that the conventional five-category response format was not appropriate, and that three categories fit the data better. The main conclusion is that the results do not support the Wiseman-Watt theory of three positive and three negative superstitions. It does not seem advisable to use these scales without substantial reformulation and re-testing. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.description.publicationstatus | Yes | |
dc.format.extent | 99141 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | |
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublication | N | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 795 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 798 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 6 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | Personality and Individual Differences | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 50 | |
dc.rights.retention | Y | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Psychology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Cognitive Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 170110 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 179999 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1701 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 1702 | |
dc.title | The structure of superstitious action -- A further analysis of fresh evidence | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2011 Elsevier. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.date.issued | 2011 | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Bridgstock, Martin W. | |