Development of a Chinese superstitious belief scale

Psychological Reports

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 807-819

  Huang, Li Shia ^a   Teng, Ching I ^b  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUPERSTITION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CULTURE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GAMBLING; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SUPERSTITIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350434360     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.104.3.807-819     Document Type: Article

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