Relationship between belief in good luck and general health

Authors
Day, L Maltby, J Macaskill, A
Citation
L. Day et al., Relationship between belief in good luck and general health, PSYCHOL REP, 85(3), 1999, pp. 971-972
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology
Journal title
PSYCHOLOGICAL REPORTS
ISSN journal
00332941 → ACNP
Volume
85
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Part
1
Pages
971 - 972
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(199912)85:3<971:RBBIGL>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
62 undergraduate university students were administered the 12-item Belief i n Good Luck Scale of Darke and Freedman and the General Health Questionnair e of Goldberg and Williams. Scores on belief in good luck showed a signific ant correlation of -.29 with anxiety and -.35 with depression but correlati ons were not significant for somatic symptoms (.15) and social dysfunction (.15).