Sociological analysis of the prevalence of alcohol consumption as a risky lifestyle: Iranian youth group

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Taha Ashayeri ¹ , Tahereh Jahanparvar ² , Faezeh Raghami ³

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 - BA student of Sociology at Mohaghegh Ardabili University,

Received: 2023-12-24 Published : 2024-08-23

Keywords: social disorganization, family, socio-cultural issues, alcohol consumption.,

Abstract :

Consumption of alcoholic beverages is known as a socio-cultural problem (anomy) in the society, which is more prevalent among the youth, the elderly and different groups. The purpose of this research is to study the factors affecting the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Quantitative meta-analysis research method; sample size of 29 items; the period from 2007 to 2021; It was done by following the validity and entry criteria (correlation coefficient; sample size, year of research; and significance level) and exit criteria (lack of research validity; lack of clear hypothesis; lack of correlation coefficients). The results show that family factors (history of consumption in the family; family control weakness; family emotional crisis; family conflict and conflict); cultural factors (inappropriate leisure style; cultural capital; religious affiliation; social label; medicinal norm of alcoholic beverages; ethnic norms); Psycho-personality factors (decrease in self-confidence; social aggression; social anxiety; abnormal feeling; sensation seeking; acquisition and experience of pleasure-seeking; weak self-control); failure factors (academic-educational failure; job-social failure; love-marriage failure); socialization factors (belonging to a subculture; negative reference model; peer-friend pressure; socializing with deviant people; inappropriate social environment; incomplete socialization); social capital (social participation; social support; social trust; social commitment); There is a significant relationship between economic factors (relative deprivation, economic poverty, socio-economic base, unemployment) and contextual factors (age, education, place of residence) and alcohol consumption.