Social participation and cultural factors affecting it (studied: Javanroud and Ravansar counties)
Subject Areas :
sociology
Shahram Fazeli
1
(
PhD student in economic sociology and development, North Tehran branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
)
Abdulreza Adhami
2
(
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.( Corresponding Author). a_adhami@iau-tnb.ir.
)
Feyzollah Norozi
3
(
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
)
Received: 2023-09-01
Accepted : 2023-11-01
Published : 2024-06-20
Keywords:
Social Participation,
giving less importance to the time factor,
low level of aspirations and desires,
Javanroud and Ravansar,
Abstract :
This research aims to study the level of social participation and cultural factors affecting it in the less developed counties of Javanroud and Ravansar of Kermanshah province from a sociological perspective. The research method is a (quantitative) survey and a questionnaire tool is used to collect data. The statistical population of this research is all citizens over 18 years of age living in the counties of Javanroud and Ravansar. The sample size of this research was 384 people who were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method. The findings of the research indicate the average level of social participation in the counties of Javanroud and Ravansar, and there is a significant relationship between the independent variables (giving little importance to the time factor and the low level of aspirations and desires) with the dependent variable (social participation). The results of the regression analysis showed that the independent variables explain 12.7 of the changes in the dependent variable, and among the factors affecting social participation, the variables of low level of aspirations and desires and giving less importance to the time factor are respectively more have had the most impact
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Bayani, F., Dankob, Gh and Hosseini, S. Y. (2018). The study of social factors affecting the socio-cultural participation of middle school teachers in Mashhad, Journal of research in humanities education, 4(14), P.p: 46-67.
Farhadi, M. (2017). Capitals and social participation in the student environment, Cultural Sociology, 9(1), P.p: 99-129.
Fazli, Sh., Adhami, A and Nowrozi, F. (2023). Sociological study of the factors affecting social participation (A survey on the cities of Javanroud and Ravansar), Sociology of Culture and Art, 5 (3), P.p: 203-219.
Heiss, R., Schmuck, D., Matthes, J and Eicher, C. (2021). Citizen Science in Schools: Predictors and Outcomes of Participating in Voluntary Political Research, SAGE Open, 11(4), P.p: 1-14.
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Karampour, M. and Yousafund, S. (2013). review of Rogers' peasant subculture theory (case study: villages of Kahman region of Selseleh city), Local Development (Rural-Urban), 4(2), P.p: 139-164.
Kivimäki, HM., Ståhl, TP., Joronen, KM and Rimpelä, AH. (2021). Parents’ Participation in School Health Examinations for Their Adolescent Children in Finland, The Journal of School Nursing, 0(0), P.p: 1-11.
Llorente, C., Revuelta, G and Carrió, M. (2021). Social participation in science: Perspectives of Spanish civil society organizations, Public Understanding of Science, 30(1), P.p: 36–54.
Lotfalizadeh, S., Amini, Y and Hosseinzadeh, A. H. (2022). Investigating the effective factors on citizens' social participation in urban affairs (case study: 8 districts of Ahvaz city), Social Development, 17(2), P.p: 115-144.
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Niazi, M., Khedmati, Z and Khoshbayani-Arani, F. (2021). Investigating the level of social trust and stability in relation to the willingness of the citizens of Kashan to participate in society, Urban Sociological Studies, 12(43), P.p: 101-132.
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Nowrozi, F and Bakhtiari, M. (2009). Social participation and social factors affecting it, Strategy Quarterly, 18(53), P.p: 249-269.
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