Psychological Approaches to Good Luck: The Role of Rituals in Uncertainty
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
Published online on December 16, 2025
Abstract
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In uncertain situations, people perform physical actions through rituals to attract good fortune. Five experiments (N= 725) investigated the impacts of rituals, uncertainty, physical actions, and psychological distance on luck perception. Experiments 1A–...
In uncertain situations, people perform physical actions through rituals to attract good fortune. Five experiments (N= 725) investigated the impacts of rituals, uncertainty, physical actions, and psychological distance on luck perception. Experiments 1A–...