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Relationship between Belief in Good Luck and General Health

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ID13664413
AuthorsLiza Day (Sheffield Hallam University, corresponding author), John Maltby (0000-0002-0621-9359, Sheffield Hallam University), Ann Macaskill (0000-0001-9972-8699, Sheffield Hallam University)
Year1999
Volume85
Issue3
Pages971-972
Publication date1999-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1999.85.3.971
PMID10672760
OpenAlexW2022154924
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

62 undergraduate university students were administered the 12-item Belief in Good Luck Scale of Darke and Freedman and the General Health Questionnaire of Goldberg and Williams. Scores on belief in good luck showed a significant correlation of -.29 with anxiety and -.35 with depression but correlations were not significant for somatic symptoms (.15) and social dysfunction (.15)

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Developmental psychology · Freedman · Luck · Psychiatry · Scale (ratio · Clinical Psychology · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Social Psychology

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Citation span2014 - 2014 (1)
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