Assessment of Superstitious Behaviour among Tribal Students of Chhattisgarh

About one third of population of Chhattisgarh comprise of tribes. The tribes of Chhattisgarh have their distinct culture, traditions, rituals and superstition. This paper examines superstitious behaviour among tribal varsity students of Chhattisgarh. To conduct the study, 100 tribal varsity students enrolled in various educational courses offered by Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur C.G. were selected as sample. The average age of the selected subjects was 24.11 years. A scale prepared by Dubey and Dixit (2011) was used to evaluate superstitious behaviour of selected subjects. Frequency distribution indicate that majority of tribal varsity students were highly superstitious. The results are discussed in the light of tribal culture and its effect on superstition.