title: Chance, ambiguity, and psychological mindedness.
abstract: The inability to believe in chance occurrences and an intolerance of ambiguity in the external world are often the outward manifestations of poor psychological mindedness. Such attitudes are frequently accompanied by beliefs in the occult and the mystical. It is suggested that these factors be considered when an individual is being evaluated for analytic treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003071:Cognition; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004532:Ego; D005260:Female; D005715:Gambling; D006801:Humans; D008273:Magic; D008297:Male; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D011936:Reality Testing; D013483:Superstitions