التفكير الخرافي وعلاقته ببعض المتغيرات

Abstract

The goal of this research is to identify superstition that university students have in Libya and Iraq, with a comparison between the two. Furthermore, this research aims to identify significant differences in superstition among university students according to gender, study grade and study course.

The researcher explored the historical development of superstition and some explanatory theories of this human phenomenon. He also presented a number of previous foreign and Arab researches. He also designed a questionnaire on common superstitious ideas among university students in both Iraq and Libya.

This research found that in 7 sections, university students in Iraq got a high weighted mean, while Libyan university students got a high weighted mean in 8 sections. There was found that these common superstitious ideas among university students in Iraq and Libya, were saturating various needs and objectives. Some of these carry optimistic views, while the other part carries pessimistic view and expect damage.

Also the research found that females, and first years students, and students with humanitarian specialization, believe more in superstition than male students, students of the fourth grade and students with scientific specializations. These results were identical in both Iraq and Libya.