Quick answer How do researchers explain the phenomenon of traffic spirituality? Researchers such as Malinowski (1925) argue that magic appears in domains that people cannot fully control through technique. Keinan (2002) found that stress increases superstitious behaviour in people with a high need for control. Salemink (2010) broadens the concept of human security to include existential security, in which the pursuit of spiritual security is one form. Nguyễn Đăng Hựu (2016) applies these theoretical frameworks to explain the phenomenon of traffic spirituality in Vietnam as a way of psychologically controlling risk.
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