A Survey of the Effective Factors on Students' Attitudes toward Participation in Student Organizations (Case Study: Students of Shahid Beheshti University)
Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth
Mojtaba Abbasi Ghadi
1
(Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Soura University, Tehran, Iran)
Hossein Pakdel
2
(Department of Organizational Entrepreneurship Management, University Jihad Center, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)
Atefeh Mirzanmadi
3
(Department of Clinical Psychology, Quranic and Artistic Activities, University Jihad Center, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran)
Keywords: Attitude, Participation, Student Organizations,
Abstract :
The present study sought to investigate the effective factors on students' attitudes toward participation in student organizations (case study: students of Shahid Beheshti University). From this perspective, with the use of quantitative method and survey type and also using the researcher-made questionnaire tool, the research data were collected from 384 students of Shahid Beheshti University who were selected using relative stratified sampling method. The instrument was validated through qualitative formal content validity.The Reliability was also estimated by Cronbach Alpha test.The inferential findings of the research under multivariate regression analysis showed that the three independent variables included in the regression equation had a significant effect on the dependent variable and totally were able to reach variance 0.51 and changes of the dependent variable based on the actual determination coefficient.
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