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. 1993 May;31(4):423-5.
doi: 10.1016/0005-7967(93)90101-y.

Compulsivity and superstitiousness

R O Frost  1 , M S Krause, M J McMahon, J Peppe, M Evans, A E McPhee, M Holden
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Compulsivity and superstitiousness

R O Frost et al. Behav Res Ther. 1993 May.

Abstract

The relationship between superstitious beliefs and behaviors, and measures of obsessive-compulsive experiences was examined in this study. Both superstitious beliefs and superstitious behaviors were correlated with measures of compulsivity and obsessionality. Compulsive checking, but not compulsive cleaning (from the MOCI and the CAC-R) were correlated with superstitiousness. Both subscales from the Obsessional Thoughts Questionnaire were correlated with superstitiousness. The implications of these findings for the role of perceived control in obsessive-compulsive phenomena were discussed.

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