Belief in Foreign Supernatural Agents as an Alternate Source of Control When Personal Control Is Threatened

Across four studies (N = 460), we examined whether foreign supernatural agents (i.e., ones outside one’s own religious tradition) can serve as sources of secondary control (by hearing and responding to requests) and compensatory control (by imbuing the world with order and structure) when personal c...

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Authors: Boucher, Helen C. (Author) ; Millard, Mary A. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2016
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 193-211
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