Sociological Investigation of limitations of Ethnic Diversity Affecting the Sense of Belonging to the National Community (A Case Study of Ahwaz Metropolis)

Subject Areas : Social Science Quarterly

Bahram Sarvestan ¹ , Ahmad Azin ² , sayed naser Hejazi ³

1 - PhD candidate. Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan branch
2 - Department of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan Branch
3 - Department of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Dehaghan Branch

Received: 2021-12-01 Accepted : 2022-06-20 Published : 2022-08-23

Keywords: Ahwaz Metropolis, sense of belonging to the national community, racist, social distrust and sense of relative deprivation,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the sociological limitations of ethnic diversity affecting the sense of belonging to the national community. The data of this study were collected by a survey method from a sample of 500 participants selected by stratified random sampling method from the population of 331556 people who were households living in Ahwaz metropolis. The research tool used to collect data was a structured researcher-made questionnaire the face validity which were confirmed by the most respected professors in the field of sociology. The construct validity of the test was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis and its reliability was established through Cronbach’s alpha in an introductory study (α=0.75). Data were analyzed by using SPSS and AMOS software and by analysis of structural equals model in descriptive and inferential levels. Findings of this study show that the variables of relative sense of deprivation with a coefficient of -%48 and significant level of .000, social distrust with a coefficient of -%21, and significance level of 0.00, racist with a coefficient of %13 and significance level of 0.002 were confirmed and these variables had the most effect on the sense of belonging to the community successively.