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General Belief in Luck

GBLBelief that luck exists, plays an important role in life, and favours some people over others
4 items 2019 α .93 Free Laporte, S., & Briers, B.

What it measures

Four items measure the extent to which a person believes in luck as a real force that operates differentially across individuals. Laporte and Briers (2019) borrowed the General Belief in Luck subscale from Darke and Freedman (1997) and used it in Study 4 with 164 Caucasian MTurk participants. A principal component analysis extracted a single factor.

Citation

Laporte, S., & Briers, B. (2019). Similarity as a double-edged sword: The positive and negative effects of showcasing similar previous winners on perceived likelihood of winning in sweepstakes. Journal of Consumer Research, 45(6), 1331–1349.

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