Interestingly, Straughan and Seow's work [10] focuses on fatalism among women of Chinese descent, whereas Freeman [6] focuses on the role of poverty and fatalism, and Powe and Johnson [9] focus on the ...

Chinese culture, which is influenced by Taoism and Buddhism, has deep roots in fatalism. Chinese people generally believe in the heavenly predestination of one’s life from birth. Parents are often ...

Cancer fear and fatalism are believed to be higher in ethnic minorities and may contribute to lower engagement with cancer prevention and early detection. We explored the levels of cancer fear and ...

(This article was coauthored with Kathleen D. Vohs and first published in Dialogue, the newsletter for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, alongside a companion piece by John Bargh and ...