title: Superstition and self-efficacy in Chinese postgraduate students.
abstract: 43 Chinese postgraduate education students (16 men and 27 women), whose mean age was 33.5 yr., completed a questionnaire measuring superstitious beliefs (Superstitious Beliefs Scale) and self-efficacy (General Perceived Self-efficacy Scale). Higher scores on belief in superstition were associated with lower rated self-efficacy. While not significant, the observed correlation of -.28 between superstitious belief and self-efficacy was of a similar magnitude and in the same direction as that previously reported for western students. Such cross-cultural validation is consistent with the generality of this relationship. Suggestions for further research are made.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, China. jsachs@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002681:China; D003469:Culture; D004500:Education, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D013483:Superstitions; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires