Exploring the Social Factors Affecting Social Identity (A Case Study of the Youth Aged 15-29 Living in the City of Isfahan)
Mansour Haghighatian
1
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Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran
)
Ashraf Abdolhosseini
2
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Department of Sociology, Dehaghan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan, Iran
)
Keywords: social identity, the youth, esfahan.,
Abstract :
The present article is a survey research that intends to explore the social factors affecting social identity. Statistical population of consisted of over 551653 youth aged 15-29 living in the city of Isfahan. From among them, 384 were selected as the sample of the study based on sampling formula using quota sampling method. Research hypotheses were formulated by referring to the theories given by Giddens, Bourdieu, Gerbner, Gaffman, Tajfel and Jenkins Data collection instrument was questionnaire. After analyzing the data, it was found that the level of body management among the youth aged 15-29 living in the city of Isfahan was medium to high. Based on inferential analysis, there was a statistically significant correlation between cultural capital (r=-0.166), media consumption(r=-0/179), attention attracting(r=-0. 319), age (r=129/0), Job status, marital status and social identity. Furthermore, regression analysis results showed that there was a significant correlation between variables such as media consumption, attention attracting, Job status , marital status and social identity among the youth under research so that these variables accounted for %0.191 of the variance gained for social identity.