The deployment of personal luck: Sympathetic magic and illusory control in games of pure chance

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1388-1397

  Wohl, Michael J A ^a   Enzle, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 23044534562     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014616702236870     Document Type: Article

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