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The role of superstition among professional footballers in Ghana

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Ofori P, Biddle SJH & Lavallee D (2012) The role of superstition among professional footballers in Ghana. Athletic Insight, 14 (2). http://www.athleticinsight.com/Vol14Iss2/Feature.htm

Abstract
Superstitious behavior and beliefs are evident in all sports. The present study examines the self-report of superstitious behavior among 120 male professional footballers in Ghana. The Superstitious Ritual Questionnaire and Sport Attributional Style Scale were the instruments used to measured superstitious behavior and attributional styles of elite Ghanaian footballers. Significant negative correlations (p

Keywords
Sport

Journal
Athletic Insight: Volume 14, Issue 2

StatusPublished
Publication date30/06/2012
URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/22414
PublisherNova Science Publishing
Publisher URLhttp://www.athleticinsight.com/Vol14Iss2/Feature.htm
eISSN1947-6299