somayeh khosro golestan; hossein aghajani marsa; SAEED agaii
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Objective: The research aimed to investigate socio-cultural factors affecting social cohesion from a sociological perspectiveMaterials and procedure: This research was applied in terms of goal and descriptive in terms of methodology; it also fell in correlative studies. The statistical population consisted ...
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Objective: The research aimed to investigate socio-cultural factors affecting social cohesion from a sociological perspectiveMaterials and procedure: This research was applied in terms of goal and descriptive in terms of methodology; it also fell in correlative studies. The statistical population consisted of all 18–29-year-old youths in Ahvaz. The sampling method was cluster random sampling. To determine the sample size, the Morgan Table was used with the sample size amounting to 384 people. The 22-item Social Cohesion Inventory, 8-item Anomy Feeling inventory, 17-item Social Capital inventory, 9-item Cultural Capital inventory, 6-item Social Justice inventory, 8-item Relative Deprivation inventory, 15-item Social Security inventory, 5-item General Individualism inventory and 29-item Socio-economic inventory were used. Findings: The results from research hypotheses revealed that there was a relationship between religiosity (r=0.440), tendency to ethnic identity (r=0.376), feeling of social justice (r=0.349), sense of social security(r=0.358), feeling anomy (r=0.461), feeling of relative deprivation (r=0.447), general individualism (r=0.223), social capital (r=0.317), cultural capital (r=0.130), socio-economic status (r=0.352), with social cohesion among Ahvaz youths, (p<0.05).
Jafar Mikaeili; Morteza Khorsandi; f h
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Abstract Reports and statistical data indicate the critical state of Iran in terms of happiness and its related indexes. On the other hand, a tumultuous lifestyle in a metropolis such as Tehran makes people susceptible to being depressed and unhappy. An increasing speed of life and many social and economic ...
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Abstract Reports and statistical data indicate the critical state of Iran in terms of happiness and its related indexes. On the other hand, a tumultuous lifestyle in a metropolis such as Tehran makes people susceptible to being depressed and unhappy. An increasing speed of life and many social and economic problems threaten the psychological health of people and affect the society in different social, economic and cultural dimensions as a result. This study is a correlational and cross-sectional one, which is performed using a survey method for the active population of Tehran (15-65 years) with a sample of 371 members (multistage cluster sampling). Accordingly, in this study, we seek to answer the question of “how social variables (social capital, social trust, social coherence and Social participation) and economic variables (unemployment and income) affect the active population's happiness in Tehran?”. To analyze the data, descriptive statistical analysis methods, inferential statistics and path analysis method are used. The results indicated that, there was a significant positive correlation between “social coherence, social participation and social trust” and “happiness”. Also, between “household income and age” and happiness. According to other results, there was no significant relationship between “educational level, employment status, gender and marital status of people” and “happiness”. Altogether, the path analysis model shows “social coherence, social participation, social trust, household income” has a significant positive effect on people's happiness and these variables can make up for 34 percent of the total variance of “happiness” changes. KeyWords: Happiness, Social Capital, Social Trust, Social Coherence, Social Participation, Income, Unemployment.
