Superstitions could be a way of people attempting to control or influence their future, a psychology professor from the United States has said.

He said that people believe in superstitions to try to restore some prediction and control to their world.
Saucier asserted that not knowing what will happen to them is discomforting, and performing superstitious behavior can make people feel a little better about the future.
Saucier said that theoretically, any behavior could be a superstition if a person associates that behavior incorrectly with a positive or negative event that follows.
Source-ANI