SUPERSTITIONS IN ADOLESCENCE
Keywords:
superstitions, teens, superstitious beliefs, superstitious ritualsAbstract
 The study of superstitions was especially
anthropological until 1950. Anthropologists have
struggled to list superstitions around the world and tried to
find the origin and to distinguish them from religion and
science. A number of studies suggest that most people
believe in the existence of at least one paranormal or
combinations of several paranormal. In the last three
decades, several major social trends have helped
popularize several varieties of superstition and belief in
the paranormal. Particularly in the 1970s and 1980s, but
continuing to this day, the New Age movement has
rejected modern science, technology and Orthodox
religion, giving new life to old superstitions and
introducing new ones. The authors present their resultse
obtained after a research performed on a group of
teenagers on superstitions
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