A study of association between superstitious rituals and locus of control among intervarsity male players (original) (raw)

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Received September 16 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between Superstit Control among Intervarsity Male Players. were randomly selected to take part in the study. developed by Bleak & Frederick (1998) was used to measure superstitious ritual of the subjects and Rotter's Locus of Control scale prepared by Dr. Anand Kumar & Dr. Satyendar Nath Srivastav (1985) was used to m locus of control of the subjects. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to investigate the relationship. Results indicated a positive significant relationship between Superstitious Rituals and Locus of Control among Intervarsity Male Players.

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