Studying the effect of family factors on the tendency to delinquency of youth and teenagers: Meta-analysis of researches

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Taha Ashayeri ¹ , Tahereh Jahanparvar ² , Elham Abbasi ³ , Faezeh Raghami ⁴

1 - faculty member of the Department of History and Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
2 - MA cultural studies of Kashan University.
3 - Assistant professor and member of the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences, Payam Noor University
4 - BA student of Sociology at Mohaghegh Ardabili University,

Received: 2023-10-18 Accepted : 2023-12-24 Published : 2023-09-01

Keywords: Ethnic identity, delinquency, family disorganization, religious affiliation,

Abstract :

Background and introduction: The consequences of these changes are the breakdown of family order and the appearance of delinquency and deviance. The main purpose of the research is to study the effect of family factors on the delinquency rate of young people.Method: The research method is a meta-analysis, a reverse questionnaire type in the period of 2000 to 2020. The size of the population is 35 documents, and the sample size equal to 29 documents was selected by non-probability (intentional) sampling method, following the validity and validity criteria of the research (inclusion and exclusion criteria).Findings: The results show that between social factors (social exclusion, family trust, family cohesion, social control); family (family violence; strictness and punitive behavior; family disputes; family emotional crisis; broken family); cultural (religious affiliation; cultural capital; lifestyle; virtual space; generation gap); There is a significant relationship between economic (relative deprivation, economic capital, family social base) and background factors (household size; age; social class; education) and youth delinquency.Conclusion: the transition of the family from traditional to modern as a result of modernization; faced with social disorganization (dysfunction) and reduced the authority of the family system; Imbalance of social roles, decreasing levels of social control; increasing disunity; reduction of family social order; The crisis of social capital and socio-economic pressure has led to an increase in delinquency among young people.