CULTURE IN THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY
Year:2015 | Volume:5 | Issue:2 (15)|Papers Count:7

Objectives: The major goal of this research is strategy formulation for video games field in Iran oriented to necessary strategies for implementation in upstream institutions; Strategies in order to resolve existing cultural and religious issues in this field especially concerned with cultural and religious influences on university students as a very large group of audiences of this industry.Method: This research is an applied research that uses qualitative methods. Methods that have used in this research include interview with experts, Delphi technique and SWOT analysis.Results: Findings of this study include those strengths and weaknesses, and also opportunities and threats in videogames industry environment of Iran which is related to cultural issues. Obtained factors include 1 strength, 4 weaknesses, 3 opportunities and 6 threats. Regarding to these factors and use of SWOT analysis, 8 strategies are obtained that generally include subjects such as talent scouting and education, facilitating legal steps, distribution systems improvement, establishment of incubators and venture capital funds.Conclusion: As mentioned above, 8 strategies were obtained that these strategies should be executed by upstream institutions. These strategies are for facilitating of game companies business. With implementation of those, videogames business in Iran is improved, a field of game production that matches with Iranian-Islamic culture is created, and cultural negative effectiveness trend can turn to positive trend.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of spiritual- religious group therapy based on Islamic viewpoints in generalized anxiety.Method: In this study, experimental design was used. Thirty females, who were at Shiraz University doming with moderate to high levels of anxiety, were selected using random cluster sampling method. The participants were replaced randomly in each of experimental and control groups. Spiritual- religious group therapy applied to the experimental group during eight sessions once per week, whereas the control group took part in the book reading sessions. Spielberg’ State-Trait Anxiety Scale was used as the pre-test and post-test for each of the two groups. Analysis of covariance was applied to data.Results: The results showed that the mean anxiety scores in the experimental group were significantly lower than those in the control group on the post-test.Conclusion: As a conclusion, the spiritual- religious group therapy based on Islamic viewpoints was effective for reducing State-Trait Anxiety in students. These results have implications for future research in the field of multi-dimensional psychotherapy for psychological disorder ysis, 8 strategies are obtained that generally include subjects such as talent scouting and education, facilitating legal steps, distribution systems improvement, establishment of incubators and venture capital funds.

Nowadays due to the unique characteristics of the world, social trust is being one of the main topics in social life. Therefore development of civil society, social capital and the growth of democracy are immediate products of trust.Objectives: This study set out with the aim of assessing the relationship between the local media (radio, TV and newspapers) and foreign media (radio, satellite, and the Internet) with social trust.Method: In the present survey we used multistage cluster sampling and a researcher-made questionnaire. The population of the study includes students of Mazandaran University and the sample size is determined using Lin Table equaled as 400.Results: Overall results suggest that there was no significant relationship between the foreign media usage and generalized trust and interpersonal trust as well .Moreover there is a direct and significant relationship between the local media usage and generalized, interpersonal and institutional trust, while there has been an inverse and significant relationship between institutional trust and the foreign media usage.Conclusion: Social trust is increased through using local media and vice versa is reduced through using foreign media.

Objectives: The purpose of this research is to study the impact of university education at the undergraduate level on national identity 0f female students at the University of Qom.Method: This research was Causal-comparative. The study population included 2420 students of the University of Qom, 335 of whom were selected using stratified sampling. The research tool was Lotf Abady’s national identity inventory that its reliability was / 92. Data using one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) and compare two independent means (T) were analyzed.Results: The results showed a significant difference between the national identity of students with regard to the entry year, in other variables such as faculty, state of residence, marital status and age there was no significant difference.Conclusion: In general, it seems that national identity is affected from instructional, social and cultural factors and all of these factors are important.

Objectives: The aim of this research is considering the degree of students of Islamic Azad university adherence to religious practices and considering the degree of its effect on behaviors and personal and social actions. Regarding that university is a place that one of its main purposes is to develop responsible human and faithful and law-abiding citizens, the university can act by implementing effective methods for growing generation of believers.Method: Method of the research is attribution and surveying and tools of data collection is questionnaire. Statistical society of the research is all students (male and female) of Islamic Azad university of Rasht at different educational levels. 600 thousands students were chosen randomly.Result: The Findings of the research show that significant percent of students (73.4 percent) know adherence to religious practices as the most important factor of observing ethical and cultural principles. There is significant difference among students attitudes based on variables such as gender, different field of study, educational level and their job to the subject of research.Conclusion: The author of the survey concludes that from students’ point of view there is relationship between their attitudes to religion and religious practices and observing religious principles and Islamic dressing, polite behavior, avoiding impolite behaviors and swearing, sense of responsibility to others, observing ethical and cultural principles.

Objectives: Death anxiety is described in the term of predicting and fearing of self and other's dying processing. The present study was carried out with the aim of investigating relationships of death anxiety with religious coping, attachment to god and acting on religious beliefs.Methods: In a correlation study, a sample of 347 participants was selected using stratified sampling method. Participants answered to Death Anxiety, Acting on Religious Beliefs, Religious coping, & Attachment to God Scales. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis.Results: The results showed a significant relationship between the anxiety of death and religious coping strategies, anxiety and death to God's attachment styles and religious beliefs. Among the variables, avoidant and anxious attachment styles God enough power regression model were used to predict death anxiety (t=5.39, p<.001).Conclusion: The authors of the research conclude insecure attachment to god should be considered more important religious variable in the relationship between various dimensions of religiosity and death anxiety p between the foreign media usage and generalized trust and interpersonal trust as well. Moreover there is a direct and significant relationship between the local media usage and generalized, interpersonal and institutional trust, while there has been an inverse and significant relationship between institutional trust and the foreign media usage.Conclusion: Social trust is increased through using local media and vice versa is reduced through using foreign media.

Objectives: The aim of this article is to assess educational elements of Islamic citizenship in university based upon the text of Nahjo-al-ballaghe, by which it tries to determine the obstacles which universities are facing in order to fulfill this.Method: The method of study is quantitative (descriptive) and qualitative. The statistical society of study is consisted of two groups (professors and students) and the statistical sample of students is chosen from 234 students by applying the Cochran formula and also by using classes-based sampling divided by sex, faculty and stage. The equipment of study is a questionnaire which is provided by researchers and by studying the available sources. The stability of questionnaire is evaluated by Cronbach alpha and in order to study the content and form stabilities of the study, firstly, the mapping table of study’s questions was given to professors and experts and after the necessary modifying, the final form of questionnaire was produced. Among professors by applying the method of chained sampling, 10 persons of them was chosen in order to respond to the third question of the study and the data is gathered by semi-structured interview.Results: The results indicate that in students’ viewpoints the attention to elements of Islamic citizenship in university is below the average regarding political, economical and social aspects; nevertheless, the elements regarding moral aspect is above the average. Although, regarding statistical data of the latter aspect, similarly the other aspects of Islamic citizenship, was not meaningful. And also the results revealed through the interviews with professors show that the obstacles of fulfilling of Islamic citizenship lied in three administrative domains: external environment, structure and policies, administrators, efficient human resources, cultural: cultural plans, human resources, university’s environment and educational: Ministry of Science programs, course content, student-teacher interaction.Conclusion: The authors of the article conclude in general universities haven’t fulfilled Islamic citizenship and didn’t have any practically clear program in order to fulfill Islamic citizenship.