MohammadHossin BaghirPourNaji; zeinab hashemikhah; SeyedAlireza Afshani
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The elderly are a section of society that as a growing population and also due to their physical and age characteristics have special cultural needs that require a special program and urban space. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate the cultural needs of these groups.To obtain this information, ...
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The elderly are a section of society that as a growing population and also due to their physical and age characteristics have special cultural needs that require a special program and urban space. Therefore, the present study seeks to investigate the cultural needs of these groups.To obtain this information, a researcher-made survey and questionnaire was used among the elderly in Tehran. Sampling based on 22 districts of Tehran was done by multi-stage cluster sampling. For this purpose, in the 22 districts of Tehran, according to 800 people sample size (about 36 questionnaires for each district), A number of neighborhoods were selected and questionnaires were randomly filled in by referring to the doors of houses, places of gathering of the elderly such as: parks, Tarehbar Squares, Shahrvand Store and Metro. filled out questionnaires. Finally, this study showed that the needs of these groups are prioritized in the following order: 1- Need for skills training and knowledge promotion 2- Need to provide conference facilities 3- Leisure tour needs 4- Need for cultural and artistic training 5- Recreational and sports needs 6- Religious cultural needs 7- Need for public spaces. Also, based on the obtained results, the most important reasons for the elderly not welcoming the cultural centers and facilities created by the municipality are as follows: 1- Lack of information 2- Indifference and personal preoccupation 3- Lack of cultural centers in the place of residence and lack of access 4 - Lack of interest 5- Low quality of facilities.
SeyedAlireza Afshani; leili bonyad
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Violence has been a global issue that has always been the focus of scholars. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between health-based lifestyle and domestic violence. In this survey, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure domestic violence and a standardized questionnaire ...
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Violence has been a global issue that has always been the focus of scholars. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between health-based lifestyle and domestic violence. In this survey, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to measure domestic violence and a standardized questionnaire by Lali and Abedi (2012) was used to measure health-based lifestyle. For this purpose and in order to find out the relationship between health-based lifestyle and domestic violence based on Cochran formula, 384 married women in Yazd city were surveyed using a multi-stage cluster sampling and questionnaire. The results also showed that among all aspects of health-based lifestyle (physical health, exercise and health, weight and nutrition control, disease prevention, psychological health, spiritual health, social health, drug and substance avoidance, accident prevention, and environmental health). There was a significant inverse relationship between housework and women. The results showed that two important aspects of health-focused lifestyle were highlighted. One is weight control and nutrition and the other is exercise and wellbeing. Basically, women who exercise, even if they are subjected to violence, can better maintain their morale and continue to seek new solutions to prevent violence.
SeyedAlireza Afshani; Ali Ruhani; Negin Naeimi
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Over the course of history, death, in addition to life, has been a social phenomenon of major concern for human beings. Sudden demise, among other things, disrupts mental health, social interactions, and family relationships of the bereaved. Although there is a huge body of research on demography, ...
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Over the course of history, death, in addition to life, has been a social phenomenon of major concern for human beings. Sudden demise, among other things, disrupts mental health, social interactions, and family relationships of the bereaved. Although there is a huge body of research on demography, burial, and rituals of death, few researchers have addressed sociological aspects of death in detail with reference to social and cultural backgrounds of how the bereaved behave in the event of sudden demise, the process of self-deconstruction, and the role of supporting agents such as relatives. The aim of the present study was to identify the behavior pattern of the bereaved and their relatives in the event of sudden death and the role the relatives played in the deconstruction process. Allied to this, a qualitative approach and the Grounded Theory were employed to collect the data. The bereaved who lost their loved ones within 4 months to 4 years ago gave in-depth unstructured interviews. The data were analyzed via open, axial, and selective codings. Afterwards, the results and findings were presented in tables in a story line based on the paradigmatic model. The results showed
that the connections between the bereaved and their relatives and the consequent behavioral and emotional exchange shaped certain dynamisms. These dynamisms signified the establishment of a dualism about the emotional expectations of the bereaved from their relatives resulting in the emotional deconstruction between them.
Keywords: Sudden Death, The Bereaved, Relatives, Emotional Expectations, Emotional Deconstruction- Disintegration
zakiye Nateghi; SeyedAlireza Afshani
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Social Alienation and Tendency Toward Risky Behavior: A Case Study of the City of Mashhad Zakieh Nateghi[1] , Seyed Alireza Afshani[2] Abstract Regarding the increase in the incidence of risky behavior among young people, the present study has investigated the impact of social alienation ...
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Social Alienation and Tendency Toward Risky Behavior: A Case Study of the City of Mashhad Zakieh Nateghi[1] , Seyed Alireza Afshani[2] Abstract Regarding the increase in the incidence of risky behavior among young people, the present study has investigated the impact of social alienation as a risk factor in the tendency toward risky behavior in the City of Mashhad. In this research, Agnew’s General Strain Theory, Sutherland’s theory of Differential Association, Hirschi and Gottfredson’s Social Control Theory, and Seeman’s Social Alienation Theory were used as the theoretical framework. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey. A total sample size of 384 individuals from Mashhad were interviewed in the present analysis. Respondents were selected using the cluster random sampling method. The instrument used was a questionnaire. In this regard, reliability and validity of the scale were assessed through Cronbach’s alpha and content validity. The findings showed that risky behavior among boys was higher than girls, but there was no significant difference between social alienation of boys and girls. There was no significant relationship between age and risky behavior and social alienation. The mean of risky behavior among single participants in terms of tendency to alcohol, tendency towards violence, tendency to sexual behavior and risk-driving tendency was higher than that of married participants, and the average amount of social alienation in dimensions of social isolation and self-denial of single participants was higher than that of the married participants. The results showed that social alienation and its dimensions have a direct and significant effect on risky behavior and its dimensions. Keywords:Social Alienation, Risky Behavior, Social Isolation, Powerlessness, Youth. [1] ? [2] ?
