The effect of relative deprivation on the quality of life of youth people (Case study: Tehran city)
Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of YouthLeila Sadat Fenderesi 1 , Afsaneh Edrisi 2 , Meysam Mousaei 3
1 - PhD student in Department of Economic and Development Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University,Tehran, Iran
3 - Professor of the Development and Social Policy Department of Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: quality of life, Relative Deprivation, dissatisfaction, the youth of Tehran,
Abstract :
life is the biggest blessing that God has gifted to humans. Having a desirable life has always been and is the will and desire of the man. The quality of life is considered as a concept for illustrating the social wellbeing and human as abasis for development in both material and mental aspects. relative deprivation feeling arising from the comparison to others is regarded as one of the factors affecting wellbeing and a life quality with its complex dimensions. This thesis aims to find an answer to the question that what relationship has been between the relative deprivation feelings and the quality of life in the youth. And importantly, what is the quality of this relationship? The statistical population of this investigation has been comprised of the youth eighteen to thirty years olde residents of The city of Tehran in the year 2021. The method of this research was survey study and the information collected by the technique of face to face in the format of questionnaire. The sample size is 404 people and the samples have been selected by systematic cluster probability sampling method. For judgement regarding the assumptions, we have used the Pearson coefficient tests and Linear regression.The findings showed that; increasing the relative deprivation feelings reduced the quality of life in the youth and vice versa.