Coping with uncertainty: superstitious strategies and secondary control

By T. Case, J. Fitness, D. Cairns, Richard J. Stevenson. 2004

93 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology

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In Applied Psychology

1. Lauren G. Block
2. Thomas Kramer
3. Gita V. Johar
4. Gabriele Paolacci
5. J. Goodman

In Social Psychology

1. Thomas Kramer
2. Lauren G. Block
3. Gita V. Johar
4. Gabriele Paolacci
5. J. Goodman

Citations in the corpus

• Conscious and Nonconscious Components of Superstitious Beliefs in Judgment and Decision Making (2008, background): “Case et al. (2004) conducted a series of studies investigating the relationship between the use of superstitious strategies and perceived control. The consistent finding across these studies was that as the likelihood of failure increased, so did the use of superstitious beliefs. Case et al. conclud”
• The effect of superstitious beliefs on performance expectations (2009, background): “Consumption rituals also include using a particular product before an important event that is associated either with high likelihood of failure or a high level of uncertainty (for example, a sports game; Case et al. 2004).”
• Conditioned Superstition: Desire for Control and Consumer Brand Preferences (2013, background): “This is consistent with the findings of Damisch, Stoberock, and Mussweiler (2010) that superstition enhances performance expectations.”