A Comparative Analysis of Superstitious Beliefs Existing Among College Students

Superstitious belief refers to one kind of belief which is not justified by reason, scientific attitude or evidence. Superstitious belief is nothing but the belief in something blindly without any verification (Kalita 2016).Even today, that we can predict most of events and happenings, and consider them from a scientific point of view, there are still some people who believe in the superstitious believes remaining from their ancestors and transfer these believes using the process of cultural acceptance and socialization to their children. For this purpose, the true understanding of this issue can be very useful for the process of socialization (Safaei and Khodabakhshi, 2012).