Search Results - "Magical thinking"

LIFE STORIES.

Authors: DOWELL, JENNIFER

Source: Kirkus Reviews. 5/1/2026, Vol. 94 Issue 9, p142-142. 1p. 4 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph.

Nestor's Dock.

Authors: Ebbeler, Jeffrey

Source: Ask (1535-4105). Nov2014, Vol. 13 Issue 9, p4-5. 2p. 2 Cartoon or Caricatures.

The illusions of "magical thinking": Whose chimera, ours or theirs?

Authors: Shweder, Richard A.¹

Source: HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory. Spring2022, Vol. 12 Issue 1, p319-325. 7p.

"Magical Thinking" and Other Poems.

Authors: Rosochinsky, Max Maksymchuk, Oksana

Source: Common Knowledge. Jan2025, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p109-117. 9p.

Explaining reluctance to benefit from others' misfortune.

Authors: Lelieveld, Gert‐Jan Inbar, Yoel Dijk, Eric

Source: Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. Dec2018, Vol. 31 Issue 5, p662-672. 11p. 2 Charts.

Positive Social Mood Has Continued to Secularize the United States.

Authors: Hall, Alan

Source: Socionomist. Apr2019, p5-13. 4p.

The Fantasy Engagement Scale: A Flexible Measure of Positive and Negative Fantasy Engagement.

Authors: Plante, Courtney N. Reysen, Stephen Groves, Christopher L. et al.

Source: Basic & Applied Social Psychology. May/Jun2017, Vol. 39 Issue 3, p127-152. 26p.

Subjects: Fantasy (Psychology), Imagination, Visions, Dreams, Magical thinking

Childrens’ left-turning preference is not modulated by magical ideation.

Authors: Streuli, Jürg C. Obrist, Gina Brugger, Peter

Source: Laterality. Jan2017, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p90-104. 15p.

Subjects: Twisting (Human body), Magical thinking in children, Pediatric neuropsychology, Neuropsychiatry, Handedness, Motor ability in children

Büyüsel düşünme ve obsesyonel deneyimler: düşünce kontrol stratejilerinin aracı rolleri.

Alternate Title: Magical thinking and obsessional experiences: mediator role of thought control strategies.

Authors: Yorulmaz, Orçun¹ orcun.yorulmaz@deu.edu.tr

Source: TAF Preventive Medicine Bulletin. 2016, Vol. 15 Issue 4, p298-304. 7p.

Magical thinking in judgments of causation: Can anomalous phenomena affect ontological causal beliefs in children and adults?

Authors: Subbotsky, Eugene

Source: British Journal of Developmental Psychology. Mar2004, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p123-152. 30p. 5 Charts.

Subjects: Magical thinking in children, Magical thinking, Causation (Philosophy), Ontology, Power (Social sciences), Magic

Lost in (cyber)space: finding two adolescent boys hiding from their own humanity.

Authors: Tyminski, Robert

Source: Journal of Analytical Psychology. Apr2015, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p220-244. 25p.

Subjects: Internet & psychology, Cyberspace, Internet users, Internet & children, Narcissistic personality disorder, Magical thinking

The Relationship Between Magical Thinking, Inferential Confusion and Obsessive–Compulsive Symptoms.

Authors: Goods, N.A.R. Rees, C.S. Egan, S.J. et al.

Source: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 2014, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p342-350. 9p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts.

Subjects: Mental health services, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Magical thinking, Convenience sampling (Statistics), Regression analysis, Symptoms, Patients

The role of magical thinking in hallucinations. Comparisons of clinical and non-clinical groups.

Authors: García-Montes, José M. Pérez-Álvarez, Marino Odriozola-González, Paula et al.

Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. Nov2014, Vol. 68 Issue 8, p605-610. 6p.

Subjects: Magical thinking, Hallucinations, People with schizophrenia, Schizophrenia, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Control groups

"A PLACE NONE OF US KNOW UNTIL WE REACH IT": MAPPING GRIEF AND MEMORY IN JOAN DIDION'S THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING.

Authors: BLADEK, MARTA

Source: Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly. Fall2014, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p935-952. 18p.

Evaluation of Magical Thinking: Validation of the Illusory Beliefs Inventory.

Authors: Shihata, Sarah Egan, Sarah J. Rees, Clare S.

Source: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. 2014, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p251-261. 11p.

Subjects: Magical thinking, Perceptual illusions, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Anxiety disorders, Psychometrics, Perfectionism (Personality trait)

Toward a Model-Based Approach to the Clinical Assessment of Personality Psychopathology.

Authors: Eaton, NicholasR. Krueger, RobertF. Docherty, AnnaR. et al.

Source: Journal of Personality Assessment. May/Jun2014, Vol. 96 Issue 3, p283-292. 10p. 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.

Subjects: Personality assessment, Pathological psychology, Personality, Latent variables, Magical thinking, Classification

THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING: FRAUD, LOSS, AND GRIEF.

Authors: Barnard, Jayne W.¹

Source: Law & Psychology Review. 2013/2014, Vol. 38, p1-44. 44p.

„Magické zákutia“: metodologické problémy pri výskume magických predstáv a praktík.

Alternate Title: "Magical Nooks": Methodological Problems in the Research of Magical Beliefs and Practices.

Authors: Jerotijević, Danijela

Source: Sociálni Studia / Social Studies (1214813X). 2013, Vol. 10 Issue 2, p27-43. 17p.

Magic in psychoanalysis.

Authors: Bernstein, June

Source: Modern Psychoanalysis. 2013, Vol. 38 Issue 1, p105-112. 8p.

Subjects: Psychoanalysis, Subconsciousness, Magical thinking, Control (Psychology), Telepathy

Magical thinking in predictions of negative events: Evidence for tempting fate but not for a protection effect.

Authors: van Wolferen, Job Inbar, Yoel Zeelenberg, Marcel

Source: Judgment & Decision Making. Jan2013, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p45-54. 10p.