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ArticlePersonality & social psychology bulletin2026

A Comprehensive Analysis of Psychological Determinants of Socio-Demographic Variability in Superstition Endorsement.

Avner Caspi, Ido Liviatan, Eran Chajut

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Article in Personality & social psychology bulletin, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Avner CaspiThe Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-0619-6772
Ido LiviatanThe Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-9083-2294
Eran ChajutThe Open University of Israel, Raanana, Israel.ORCID 0000-0003-4428-0836

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Abstract

We explored the relationship between socio-demographic characteristics and superstition endorsement, distinguishing between the practice of and belief in superstitions, as well as between positive and negative superstitions. We examined specifically whether analytic thinking style, anxiety, and intolerance of uncertainty account for socio-demographic variability in these dimensions of endorsement and to what extent stress from macro-level threatening circumstances moderates these effects. Two pre-registered studies conducted in Israel (

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SuperstitionsThinkingAdultAnxietyFemaleHumansIsraelMaleMiddle AgedSociodemographic FactorsStress, PsychologicalUncertaintyUnited StatesYoung Adultanalytic thinking styleanxietyhalf-beliefintolerance of uncertaintysocio-demographic characteristicsstresssuperstition endorsement

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PMID40735893
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