Sociological analysis of the impact of abnormality on social Apathy

neda seyedin ¹ ( PhD Student, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran . )
Abdolreza adhami ² ( Associate Professor and Faculty member, Department of sociology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran (Corresponding Author) )
Talieh Khademian ³ ( Assistant Professor and Faculty member, Department of sociology, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran )

Submited date : 2022-06-28 Accepted date : 2023-02-28

Keywords: mistrust, Abnormality, individualism, meaninglessness, Social apathy,

Abstract :

In sociological literature, Apathy is often mentioned as a pathological phenomenon, a kind of social disease, an obstacle to participation and development, and one of the complications of urbanization in the new era, and it is one of the undesirable elements of modern life, which is a kind of threat to people's desire not to interfere. It refers to affairs and acceptance of responsibility. The aim of this research is sociological analysis of the impact of abnormality on social indifference. The studied population is the students of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran and North Tehran branches, at the time of conducting the research, the total statistical population equal to 85,000 students were studying in these two university units, of which 380 were classified by random sampling method. were studied. The survey method used and the tool for data collection is a researcher-made questionnaire. And to test the hypotheses, Pearson's correlation coefficient, linear and multiple regression, T-test independent mean difference test and ANOVA one-way analysis of variance test were used. Four dimensions were considered to measure the abnormality variable and the results showed that There is a direct and significant correlation between the variables of meaninglessness (r=0.267), mistrust (r=0.245), powerlessness (r=0.397) and individualism (r=0.265) with social indifference. In other words, the higher the social abnormality, the higher the social indifference among students.