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dc.contributor.authorBridgstock, Martin
dc.contributor.authorMarais, Ida
dc.contributor.authorSturgess, Kylie
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:15:39Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:15:39Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2011-10-26T07:11:49Z
dc.identifier.issn01918869
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.033
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/39831
dc.description.abstractWiseman 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.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom795
dc.relation.ispartofpageto798
dc.relation.ispartofissue6
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPersonality and Individual Differences
dc.relation.ispartofvolume50
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode170110
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode179999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1701
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1702
dc.titleThe structure of superstitious action -- A further analysis of fresh evidence
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - 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.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorBridgstock, Martin W.


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