"Superstition" in the collegiate baseball player
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| Deutscher übersetzter Titel: | Der "Aberglaube" des College Baseballspielers |
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| Autor: | Ciborowski, Tom |
| Erschienen in: | The sport psychologist |
| Veröffentlicht: | 11 (1997), 3, S. 305-317, Lit. |
| Format: | Literatur (SPOLIT) |
| Publikationstyp: | Zeitschriftenartikel |
| Medienart: | Gedruckte Ressource Elektronische Ressource (online) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| ISSN: | 0888-4781, 1543-2793 |
| DOI: | 10.1123/tsp.11.3.305 |
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| Erfassungsnummer: | PU199802300231 |
| Quelle: | BISp |
Abstract des Autors
An investigation of superstitious activtiy among collegiate baseball players (n=83) was conducted over the course of three full seasons. A major feature of the investigation was a distinction between behaviors mediated by a conscious belief, and behaviors (presumably nonmediated) established through simple contiguity. Additionally, the baseball players were compared to nonathletes (n=348) on a variety of traditional indicators of superstitious belief, but the comparison yielded few significant differences. Although the investigation showed that the ballplayers engaged in a high level of superstitious activtiy, it was concluded that such activity is unremarkable, if not understandable. Verf.-Referat