Investigating the degree of tendency towards superstitions and the factors affecting it among the women of Marivan city

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1 Assistant Professor.Department of Social Science, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran

2 Master's degree, Department of Social Sciences, Sanandaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran.

10.22084/csr.2025.29005.2271

Abstract

Every now and then we hear stories about superstitions such as the number 13. The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree of tendency towards superstitions and factors affecting it among the women of Marivan city. The statistical population of the present study is all women aged 18 to 50 in Marivan city, which according to the general census of 2015 and Cochran's formula, the sample size was estimated to be 309 people; the available cluster sampling method was used to collect data in the neighborhoods of the city (Dar Siran, Balche Sur and Jangal Bani). The data collection tool is Foroghi Moghadam's superstition tendency questionnaire (2008), Melvin Seaman's social alienation questionnaire and Glock and Stark's religiosity questionnaire. The findings were analyzed using spss software, and the results showed that 0.38% of the variance related to superstitions is explained by the religiosity component and 0.16% by the social alienation component. There is a significant difference between two independent working and non-working groups in superstition tendency, the relationship between education level and superstition tendency is not significant. Based on this, the results show that components such as religious consequences and rituals can be predictors of superstitions, as well as isolation and hatred in social alienation as predictors of superstitions. Although the level of education has nothing to do with superstitions, people who are employed pay less attention to superstitions.

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Two Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Sociological Research

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Available Online from 22 January 2025

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