The Necessity for Psychosocial and Social Perspective in Education: A Quantitative Study of Life Skills among the Young Iranian Married Clients

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Elham Dindar ¹ , Mohammad Sadegh Mahdavi ² , Seyyed Mohammad Seyyed Mirzaei ³

1 - Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Sociology, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iram
2 - Professor of Sociology Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran- Iran
3 - Professor, Department of Sociology, Science & Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2019-09-30 Accepted : 2019-09-30 Published : 2019-07-01

Keywords: Life skills, Demographic characteristics, Marital life,

Abstract :

The present study investigated the relationship between demographic characteristics and marital life skills of the young Iranian clients using descriptive-survey method in 2017. The studied population was all young married people in Shiraz. The sample included 384 individuals who were selected by cluster sampling method. Data was measured by a researcher-made questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results of descriptive statistics indicate that the participants benefit from desirable life skills. The inferential results showed that there was no significant difference between the life skills variables and gender, and marriage length and occupational status at the p value

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