Journal of Applied Sociology
Year:2012 | Volume:22 | Issue:4 (44)|Papers Count:9

The main purpose of this research is sociological study of Razi university students of Kermanshah attitudes toward suicide. The research method of this study is survey and the data was gathered by self-administered questionnaire. The sample size of this study was 380 cases of all students of Razi university of Kermanshah in 86-87 education years. Durkheim's suicide theory was used as theoretical framework. The independent variables of this study were social support, family Control, delinquency behavior, anomie and fatalism. Results of multivariable regression analysis show that six hypotheses From eight hypotheses were supported and family support variable was the strongest predictor of tendency toward suicide. Other significant predictors of tendency toward suicide were delinquency behavior, family Control and fatalism.

The purpose of the study was to examine the validity and reliability of The Nature Relatedness Scale (NR-scale) by analyzing the responses made to it by 300 students from agriculture faculty of Tabriz University.The confirmatory analyses were used to compute the validity. The goodness of fit for each model was assessed using the Satorra–Bentler scaled chi-square, the Incremental Fit Index (IFI), and the Comparative Fit Index (CFI). A non-significant chi-square, and values greater than 0.90 for the GFI, IFI and CFI, are considered to reflect acceptable model fit. The internal consistency was used to determine reliability of NR-Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the three-factor model of NR- scale demonstrated a superior fit to the data. The Cronbach alpha values showed that NR-Scale has a good reliability. The results buttressed the notion that the NR- scale is a valid and reliable measurement instrument in predicting environmentally responsible behavior (ERB).

Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between emotional intelligence and social adjustment in a sample of teenager students from Fasa city. Method: For this purpose, 150 students, who were volunteers to participate in this research, of three age groups- 10-12 years old (first grade of guidance school), 13-15 years old (third grade of guidance school), and 16-18 years old (third grade of high school) - were selected by multiple cluster random sampling. All participants were asked to complete the Emotional Intelligence Scale (EIS) and the Social Acceptance Questionnaire (SAQ).Analysis of the data involved both descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviations and regression analysis.Results: The results of multiple regression analysis showed that there is a significance relationship between the emotional intelligence and the social adjustment of the students of 10-12-year old group and 13-15 year old group (P<0/01). But there was not significance relationship between the emotional intelligence and the social adjustment agents at 16-18-year old group (P>0/05).There was also a significance relationship between the total emotional intelligence and social adjustment at the level (P<0/01). The results of variance analysis showed that there is no significance difference between the mean of social adjustment grads and that of emotional intelligence at three age groups (P>0/05).Conclusion: The results of regression analysis showed that the social adjustment of teenagers could be predicted by emotional intelligence. That is, when emotional intelligence will be high, the social acceptance and social adjustment is high and vice versa. Based on findings, it can be concluded that emotional intelligence improves the quality of social and emotional relationship skills. It also helps individual to coping with life problems and stress.

Many factors have effect in the process of forming and happening violent behaviors. Most important of them are indefensible and violence-oriented spaces (sites and spheres). Indefensible spaces have many characteristics that differentiated in two categories: physical and social. From point of view of urban designers and architects, physical characteristics and from view of sociology and psychology scientists, social characteristics play role in disposing spaces in happening violence.Present article is prepared based on findings of a qualitative research conducted through an observation technique using 12 indefensible spaces selected within 108 indefensible spaces in the city of Tehran as units of observation. Observation conducted in 9 month period of time. This 12 general urban spaces concluded: thievery (hejrat boulevard, atabak street, valiasr park), affraying (asadabadi street, bahar street beside, valiasr cross), contention (moghaddam square, abouzar square, 22th bahman park), bag robbery (seyyed khandan bridge, shariati park, khaje abdollah ansari street).Results indicate that existing of proper light and lack of building density are characteristics that separate spaces with robbery from other spaces. Lack of relation bond between visible spaces, bouffant and sunken point in city, having obvious bound and confine and low building are characteristics that separate spaces with contention from other spaces. Sequence and tension separate affray spaces from other spaces.

Leisure activities are those by which individuals develop their talent and personality free from work obligations or life requirements. The way we spend our leisure time is a reflection of social, economic and cultural circumstances of our society. Effective use of free time could considerably improve the quality of social and economic life of individuals.The present study is explores the social factors affecting the use of leisure time by subjects aged of 15-64 in the city of Jouybar, Mazandaran, Iran. The study uses the survey method a total sample of 510 members was chosen based on multistage cluster sampling. The independent variables of the study whose relationships were examined with the amount of leisure time (active and passive) include: socio-economic status (income, parental education and occupation), marital status, residency, age and gender.The results of study demonstrated that the average active leisure time (1.87 out of 4) was more than average passive leisure time (1.4 out of 4). The examination of the leisure patterns showed that, being with the family and watching television were the most important leisure activities among the respondents. In addition, the results of multivariate linear regression showed that, the four independents variables of age, education, parental education had significant impact on leisure. Beta coefficients indicated that the variable of age had the strongest (-.32) and education had the weakest (.117) effect on leisure time.

The purpose of this research was to at Isfahan state universities. The research questions were examined while considering knowledge conversion process (socialization, externalization, combination and internalization) and intellectual capital components (human capital, structural capital and customer capital).The research method was descriptive, correlation type. The statistical population consisted of 1472 faculty members of Isfahan state universities in 89-90 academic year in which to 64 isfahan university, medical science 90 and industrial university 51 were chosen by stratified random sampling.The information gathering tools were knowledge conversion process and intellectual capital component questionnaires with 26 and 35 items respectively. By use of Cronbach alpha coefficient, reliability coefficient was obtained equal to 0/96 for the knowledge questionnaire and 0/93 for the intellectual capital component questionnaire.The analysis of data was performed with (Step by step regression, Manova and Structural Model).The research findings revealed that human capital and structural capital are affected by knowledge socialization but this affected upon intellectual capital was not significant. Human capital and structural capital together alone were affected by knowledge externalization, combination and internalization.However, when all three aspects of intellectual capital are together placed in equation, effect of externalization, combination, and internalization was not significant. Also finding revealed that there are not significant relation between knowledge socialization and internalization with intellectual capital aspect but the relationship between knowledge combination and externalization with intellectual capital was significant.

Aim: Studying the effects and implications of social capital has gained widespread favor in recent years, but its effects on work satisfaction have not received enough attention. The main purpose of this article is to analyze the role that social capital plays in the job satisfaction of the staff of Cooperative organization of Kermanshah province.Methods: This is a survey research which utilizes questionnaires to gather its needed data. The research population consists of the entire personnel of Kermanshah province cooperative organization who numbered 878, of which, on the basis of Cochran formula, 270 individuals were selected as the sample. Correlation coefficient and the comparison of means were used to test hypotheses and multiple regressions were used to test the research model.Results: The findings showed that social capital consisting of social networks, trust, organizational and social participation, and organizational commitment had a positive and significant (R2=0.12) relationship with work satisfaction. Of the components of social capital, trust had the greatest effect and of background factors, gender had the most (R2=0.32) influence, that is, women had higher work satisfaction than men did.

The aim of this research is finding some answers to description of participation rate of housing cooperation members (Mehr) in 1388 at Mashhad city and Explication effective factors on it. Theoretical discussions have been illustrated based on four paradigms socialistic: social facts, social definition, social behavior, and complex paradigm. The research method of this investigation based on a survey with sample volume about 380 persons with the help of Cocran formula from statistical society about 36330 members of housing cooperation (Mehr) in Mashhad city.The method of sampling was based on random stratified method. The way of data Collection is information on questionnaires. The analysis of data have been implemented with SPSS application software in the frame of average descriptive statistics, Medium, Standard divergence, Kurosis and Skewness coefficients, hypothesis test with the help of appropriate tests to aim and variable assessment levels and using of regression analysis, finally path analysis. Then we assessed these categories and their independent variables such as: Economical disability and incapability to resources, assessment of financial and political supports of the government, lack of enough time for members, confidence to the managers, assuring to the resultant of the project, traditionalism, thankfulness, respect to the media advertisements, education level, mental preparation, responsibility, acknowledgement, satisfaction toward managers, social base, making in real housing, using mass media, alienation on the rate of cooperation members.In conclusion, member’s acknowledgement, using mass media and respecting to media advertisements and confidence to managers had the major and highest Impact on members cooperation.

Promoting sustainability, productivity, efficiency, and development of agricultural sector are the functions of utilization of appropriate information in terms of agricultural climate information system (ACIS). In this regard, the main question is that, to what extent does the ACIS lead to or provide the necessary context for agricultural development? This research aimed to employ causal mapping approach to investigate cognitive structure of human actors in a climate information system. This explorative qualitative research used case study methodology. This paper is an examination and reflection upon analysis of qualitative data reports, with particular attention to the process of interactively elicited causal maps based on focus group interviews.An exploratory coding approach was used to identify concepts that emerged from the interview transcripts.The relevant knowledge is gathered through the tacit understandings of climate information producers (2 groups), extensionists (6 groups), and users (7 groups) in Fars province to reach to the point of redundancy.Investigating causal maps revealed that, actors perceived climate information system challenges as economic, information processing, socio-political, organizational, and technical challenges. The study provided some suggestions to reach to a responsive short term and sustainable long term climate information system in Fars province.