Coping with uncertainty: Superstitious strategies and secondary control

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 848-871

  Case, Trevor I ^a   Fitness, Julie ^b   Cairns, David R ^b   Stevenson, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 3543036383     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2004.tb02574.x     Document Type: Article

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