Sociological Analysis of Subjective Well- Being of Tehranian Families and Providing a Model
Subject Areas : sociology
Mitra Kheirani
1
,
Bagher Saroukhani
2
,
mehrdad navabakhsh
3
1 - Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. (Corresponding author).
3 - Department of Sociology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Keywords: Subjective Well-being, Merriment and Happiness Feeling, Subjective Quality of Life, Families.,
Abstract :
Mental well-being is defined as an individual's description of their level of happiness, satisfaction with their quality of life, or the frequency of positive mood and happiness. The present article was done with the aim to sociologically analyze the subjective well-being of Tehranian families and provide a model. The research method was qualitative. The statistical population was formed by experts in the field of family sociology and social welfare in Tehran in 2023. The sample case of qualitative phase up to theoretical saturation was 15 experts who were selected in snow-sampling way. The data was gathered through semi- structural interviews. The validity of questionnaire was inner validity and the reliability was gained through re-test reliability. The data was analyzed in "content analysis" method. According to the obtained results, among 236 initial codes, 70 categorized codes, 14 sub-themes and 4 basic themes were identified, and from sociological perspective, four subjective well-being were analyzed: Individual feeling of merriment and happiness, 2. Collective feeling of merriment and happiness, 3. Individual subjective quality of life, 4. Collective subjective quality of life and the desired model was presented.
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