The “New Age” Worldview of Polish Students:

摘要: After factor analysis of the 85 items a worldview questionnaire, author constructed “New Age” scale 18 related to oriental religious beliefs, occultism, and magic. The scores were found be positively correlated with mysticism, anxiety self-esteem, negatively father's religiosity. A is interpreted as loosely structured belief system, individually by way bricolage, “this-worldly” rather than “other-worldly” in orientation, emphasizing experiential institutional legitimation; this appeals more those only weak connection traditional Christianity. role individual self construction worldview, lack certainty these their magical mystical are terms narcissism (heightened self-esteem form defence against anxiety), trait fostered deinstitutionalization subjectivization modern culture.