The belief in good luck scale

Journal of Research in Personality

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 486-511

  Darke, Peter R ^a   Freedman, Jonathan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 0031541795     PISSN: 00926566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jrpe.1997.2197     Document Type: Article

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