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        1 - The Impact of Social Capital on National Identity of Youth in Eastern Golestan Province
        Abolfazl Hosseininia Shahrzad Bazrafshan Azar Eskandari Rahmatollah AmirAhmadi
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        2 - The Role of Individual, Family, and Social Factors in Determining Young People's Trends in Addiction
        gholamreza tajbakhsh mohamad daneshfar
        The present study was conducted to determine the role of individual, family and social factors in explaining the tendency of youth to addiction in the city of Qir. The statistical population of this study includes all young people (aged 18-29) in Bitter city. The sample More
        The present study was conducted to determine the role of individual, family and social factors in explaining the tendency of youth to addiction in the city of Qir. The statistical population of this study includes all young people (aged 18-29) in Bitter city. The sample size derived from Cochran sample size formula, equal to 384 and sampling, multi-stage random cluster respectively. Survey method and data collection tool are standard questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, two-variable and multiple regression has been used. The findings showed that the average age of respondents was 22 years. 47% of respondents are girls and 53% are boys. The variables of socializing with inferior friends and enjoyment are effective factors in increasing the tendency of youth to addiction. Also, the desirable variables of family conditions and social transplantation are effective factors in reducing the tendency of youth to addiction. Keywords: social link, social intercourse with false friends, addiction tendency, active tendency, passive tendency Manuscript profile
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        3 - Vandalism Roots among Juveniles and Youths in Public Spaces of City (Case Study: Amol City)
        Fatemeh Hosseinzadeh Abdoullah Ebrahimi Ali Rahmani Firouzjah
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        4 - Internet and Youth Religiosity (Case: 19-30-Year-Old Girls and Boys in Isfahan)
        Mohammad Ali Zaki
        The internet is one of the basic principles of modern societies which has affected different parts of society. Little research has been conducted on the impact of the internet on religiosity. Youth is an important part of the social structure of Iran, so the study exami More
        The internet is one of the basic principles of modern societies which has affected different parts of society. Little research has been conducted on the impact of the internet on religiosity. Youth is an important part of the social structure of Iran, so the study examined and explained the impact of the Internet on youth religiosity. The research method was correlation and data collection instrument was a questionnaire. The data were collected by using sampling among the city's youth (n = 384). Reliabilities of religiosity and Internet questionnaire were 0.93 and 0.78, respectively. Descriptive results indicated that the youth's use of the Internet was below the average and their religiosity was above the average. Correlation analysis showed a very weak negative relationship between the internet and religiosity. Regression analysis indicated that among the eight types of internet use, only three types of chatting, work and education, and games and entertainment had the most influence on religiosity. The results of path analysis showed that the three variables of socio-economic status (- 0.27), internet usage (- 0.16), and urban social area (- 0.13) had the highest negative impact on religiosity. Through use of Internet, social class variable had an indirect influence on the youth religiosity. Manuscript profile
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        5 - Youth Engagement in Agricultural Activities: Status and Prospects for Tanzania Agricultural Sector Development
        Siwel Nyamba Damian Sanga
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        6 - Identification and Assessment of Facilitating Factors of Youths' Social Identity Construction in Social System (A Case Study of the Students of University of Tehran)
        Abolfazl Ashrafi Reza Ali Mohseni Tahmoures Shiri
        Holding a novel and different approach, this study aims to investigate the nature of both social identity construction and social system development as two subjective and challenging issues in a dialectic process and based on an integrative sociological and socio-psycho More
        Holding a novel and different approach, this study aims to investigate the nature of both social identity construction and social system development as two subjective and challenging issues in a dialectic process and based on an integrative sociological and socio-psychological approach in the light of three theoretical perspectives at macro, micro and medium scales (vis-a- vis mainly the suggested subjective orientations).. The main question addressed is whether individuals’ sense of social identity construction subject to Facilitating Factors of youths' Social Identity Construction in Social System. To this end, facilitating factors of social system-based construction among youths was addressed with a sample of 445 probability stratified sampling selected students from Tehran University. Attending this field study, they attempted a researcher-made tablet-rendered valid and reliable questionnaire. Content and construct validity measures of the instrument were measured through expert judgment and factor analysis, respectively and its reliability was estimated through Cronbach alpha correlational analysis. One sample parametric t-test and Binomial test-based analyses of the data supported the main hypothesis predicting that social system through precipitating factors has no effective role (T=21/45) on identity construction of youth. This study mainly suggests a scientific, different and comprehensive applied model for social identity construction on the basis of facilitating factors of social system. Manuscript profile
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        7 - Quality and pathology of youth (12-17 years old) Leisurs in Lorestan province
        Hossin Mehrdad
        Abstract The current stdy deal with the quality and pathology of leisures of youths between 12 to 17 years old of Lorestan province. In so doing 620 youths (Who determined by using of Takman table, among with 360000 statistical  population) and 150 youths problem More
        Abstract The current stdy deal with the quality and pathology of leisures of youths between 12 to 17 years old of Lorestan province. In so doing 620 youths (Who determined by using of Takman table, among with 360000 statistical  population) and 150 youths problem experts (as whole) were selected by cluster sampling method and were given questionnaires. The result of study showed that: First, youths pass their leisures in cultural, recreation, free study, religious, skilled, desireable and undesieable roving, and sport activaties, second the major pathology of leisures are organizational-structural, cultural, insufficient public participating, economic position, weakness in giving information and shortage of motivation. Manuscript profile
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        8 - Qualitative Study of the Attitudes of Female Youths and Adolescents Adherent to South Korean Entertainment Industry Products
        Leila  Ebrahimi Varzaneh Elham Fathi
        The present research was purposed to qualitatively study the female youths and adolescent’s attitude who were adherent to South Korean entertainment industry products. The statistical population subsumed the female youths and adolescents who were adherent to South Korea More
        The present research was purposed to qualitatively study the female youths and adolescent’s attitude who were adherent to South Korean entertainment industry products. The statistical population subsumed the female youths and adolescents who were adherent to South Korean entertainment industry products in Tehran city. The sample until reaching theoretical saturation encompassed eleven female adolescents and youths aged 13 to 22 whom were selected via purposive sampling procedure. The research method was qualitative of contractual content analysis type and semi-structured interviews were used. The results of the research revealed that new media have become the cause of changes in identity building institutions and the media have changed the meaning-making factors of identity. The influence of the media in the formation of the identity and attitude of female youths and adolescents is significant in relation to the way their identity is influenced by the South Korean entertainment industry. Also, during exploratory interviews with the participants, 5 main themes and 24 sub-themes were extracted. The extracted themes included distance from the Iranian self and identity, critical attitude about the cultural, social, economic, and gender situation in Iran, idealism, imitation and feeling close to South Korean entertainment industry artists, lifestyle change, and group identity formation. The findings of this study could provide useful information to media policymakers, mental health professionals, and sociologists to be effective in forming the identity and attitude of young Iranian females. Manuscript profile