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- Title
Relationship of Superstitious Beliefs and Self Efficacy with the Role of Education and SocioEconomic Status; A study at Garrison University Lahore Pakistan.
- Authors
Sehar, Hifza; Razaq, Noshaba; Kanwal, Shamsa; Ashraf, Muhammad Tanveer; Mumtaz, Shahana; Tehzeeb, Muhammad
- Abstract
Objective: To determine the relationship between superstitious beliefs and self-efficacy among participants and explore selfefficacy, age, education, gender and socioeconomic status as the significant predictors of superstitious beliefs among participants. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Garrison University, Lahore Pakistan, from May to Nov 2020. Methodology: Total number of 200 study participants, age ranged of 18 to 50 years, were selected. The questionnaires; (1) a measure to superstitions scale and (2) general self-efficacy scale, were used to analyze the relationship between superstitious beliefs and self-efficacy with the role of ageing, education and socioeconomic status among participants. Result: Out of 200 male and female participants, study results reveal that superstitions belief and self-efficacy were correlated positively in a very small to moderate direction. Moreover, the study result showed that age (β=0.10), gender (β=0.05), socioeconomic status (β=0.91), and self-efficacy (β=0.24) were positively predicting superstitious beliefs while education (β=-0.09) was negatively predicting the superstitious beliefs among participants. Conclusion: The results of the study showed the positive correlation between superstitious beliefs and self-efficacy among participants. Furthermore, the study concluded that participants' age, gender, socioeconomic status and self-efficacy were positive predictors of superstitious belief.
- Subjects
SELF-efficacy; SOCIOECONOMIC status; NUMBER theory; EXPERIMENTAL design; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2022, Vol 72, Issue 4, p1258
- ISSN
0030-9648
- Publication type
Abstract
- DOI
10.51253/pafmj.v72i4.7063