Do cultural factors affect causal beliefs? Rational and magical thinking in Britain and Mexico

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 519-543

  Subbotsky, Eugene ^b   Quinteros, Graciela ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE SISTEMAS BIOLÓGICOS   (Mexico)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAGIC; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGIC; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; THINKING;

EID: 0036878596     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712602761381385     Document Type: Article

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