JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY STUDIES
Year:2016 | Volume:8 | Issue:29 |Papers Count:8

This research is an applied research and in terms of time, cross-sectional. Also in terms of user control this study is a survey. The population of the study is all students in Islamic Azad University of Varzeghan in 94-93 (1200), and the sample size is 185 students according to Cochran formula. According to research findings, there is a difference between following variables: type of body management, type of leisure activities, habits and type of cultural consumption with religious beliefs. Also, according to the results of the regression model, the cultural consumption variable plays the most important role in determining the extent of religious beliefs. After cultural consumption, leisure activities are in the second step, body management in the third step and habits in the fourth step.

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between socio-cultural and family dimensions with perception of gender identity before and after surgery in patients with gender identity disorder in Ardabil province. This study is functional and descriptive in nature, and it is done with a survey method. The population of the study is all people with gender identity disorder in Ardabil province (20 people). The sample of 12 is calculated by a researcher-made questionnaire. According to the results, the satisfaction from the relationship with sexmates and perception of gender identity is different before and after surgery. Also, the social recognition for person from sexmates after surgery shows more growth, but the figures for the parents and family support from person is vice versa. There is a relationship between mental health, the gender values, self-image, amount of conformity with sexmate behavior and religious belief with perception of sexual identity before and after surgery. The results indicate that, there is no significant difference in family and parents support before and after surgery. On the other hand there is a significant difference in perception of gender identity in terms of style of gender socialization in the family.

Today, police crime prevention is one of the fundamental factors in strengthening security. Security feeling is one of the most striking necessities of human being which results in growth and development. This study aims to investigate the relationship between the police crime prevention and security feeling among Tabriz citizens. The method of this study is survey and the population of it, is citizens of Tabriz in 2014. The findings show that, there is a positive relationship between the police crime prevention and security feeling among citizens of Tabriz. Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between security feelings with each of the following variables: understanding the performance of police, responsibility and police interaction with government organizations. The results of multivariate regression analysis showed that, the variables mentioned above, could explain 37% of variances of Tabriz citizens’ security feeling variable.

The aim of this paper is to study the sociological factors related to the civil participation. The population of this research is students of Islamic Azad University of Tabriz. The statistical sample included 400 people that are obtained through Morgan table. Sampling method of the study was stratified random sampling and the data were analyzed by SPSS software. According to the results, the rate of civil participation is at the average level. Pearson correlation coefficients show that, there is a meaningful relationship between social trust, political participation, social cohesion, the pursuit of profit and personal gain, feeling of powerlessness and civil participation. Also, the results of multivariate regression analysis show that, social trust and political participation had the greatest influence on civil participation.

This study aims to identify and compare the knowledge and interest of young people to the ancient and contemporary mythology as well as national and local figures of holy defense. The sample of the study is chosen by multi-stage cluster sampling among school children of District 2 of Tabriz. The sample size of 364 patients was determined according to Morgan table. In order to prevent loss of inventory, the number of 435 questionnaires were distributed among subjects and after removal of incomplete questionnaires, 365 questionnaires were examined. The method of collecting data is field and through a questionnaire the level of familiarity with mythology is measured and by a standard questionnaire (piety questionnaire) of Clock and Stark religiosity is measured. The results showed that, there is a significant difference between ancient and contemporary mythology with national and local holy defense figures. Also, there is a significant relationship between students’ religious affiliation and their familiarity with each of the mythology and holy defense figures.

This project evaluates the factors which affect the consumption of cultural goods. The main objective of the study is to find out the role of some individual and social factors such as age, gender, marital status, education, leisure, and income in the rate of the consumption of cultural goods among the youths. This is a survey research. The population of the study was 88404 ranging from 18 to 29 years old in Khoy and the sample size was 382 people according to Cochran formula. Random cluster sampling appropriate to the volume was used and the main instrument of data collection was a standard questionnaire. The data analysis was done through statistical methods appropriate to the level of measuring variables. The findings represent that, there is a relationship between the age and education of the youths and the consumption of the cultural goods, as the rate of the consumption of the cultural goods in 26 to 29 year old youths is higher than 18 to 21 year old youths meaningfully. Furthermore, the results imply that, the consumption of cultural goods is higher in postgraduates significantly. However, there is no significant relationship between gender, marital status, income and the consumption of cultural goods.

The paper reviews 15-64 years old Marivanian citizen's law absconding and effective social factors on it. This is a filed research and a questionnaire used to collect data. 383 of the statistical population have been chosen by Cochran formula with stratified random sampling and then in the next phase bye simple random sampling and they answered the questions in an interview. The results show that, the amount of law absconding is more that the average. It also shows that, the responder's absconding has a significant, negative and inverse relationship with the following variables: the social-economic situation, the amount of family member's law consideration and friend group members’ law consideration. Also, their urbanization has a significant direct relationship with the absconding according to the results. Furthermore, Men's law absconding has been appeared to be more than women's and self-employers’ more than government jobs. Multivariate regression analysis shows that, the responder's educational level, family and friend's absconding level has a significant effect on their law absconding. These variables, altogether have explained 21 percent of the absconding changings.

This research is a comparative analysis of the physical and metaphysical value orientation among the citizens in Oshnavieh with an emphasis on generational differences. Statistical population was 27135 people and the sample size is 385 people according to Cochran formula. The research method is survey and data collected through a questionnaire. Cronbach's alpha was used to assess the reliability of measurement instruments. The results show that, there is no generational difference between religiosity and orientation of two generations in terms of cultural capital, but there is a generational difference between the generations, in terms of use and influence of the mass media. Value orientation of two generations is also different based on educational practices, the amount of security feeling and the type of socio-economic base.