Traditionally, ritual has been studied from broad sociocultural perspectives, with little
consideration of the psychological processes at play. Recently, however, psychologists have …

The objective of this first literature review, in this area, is to unveil the current status of
knowledge on superstition in sport. Its outcome reveals that superstitious behaviors vary with …

Interval estimates–estimates of parameters that include an allowance for sampling
uncertainty–have long been touted as a key component of statistical analyses. There are …

We examine the role of narcissistic admiration and rivalry in consumers' word of mouth
about promotional games. We show that, although narcissistic admiration and rivalry are …

The authors explored the characteristics of individuals that affect their attitudes toward
restorative justice-—in which offenders, victims, and communities meet to redress the …

This study focuses on the phenomenon of using superstition as a decision heuristic in
strategic decision-making. We introduce the construct of superstitious heuristic, which is …

The learned helplessness model of the Impostor Phenomenon is an exploratory approach to
explain the Impostor Phenomenon by linking the constructs of growth mindset, learned …

The economics literature offers at least two main explanations of why individuals adopt the
heuristic of following their leader's suggestion: First, the leader has information or a talent …

Whether and how interpersonal experiences predispose people to show superstitious
tendencies have been largely unexamined by past studies. By adopting a multimethod …

Positive emotions have been shown to benefit from optimistic perceptions, even if these
perceptions are illusory (Seligman & Csikszentmihalyi, 2000). The current research …