Sociological Studies of Youth Journal
Volume:3 Issue: 7, 2012

This research attempted to study the relationship between the preferences valued system and social identity among students of Islamic Azad University of Khorramabad Branch. This study included 10514 students(7029 boys and 3485 girls). Using Cochran formula (400) student were determined as sample and were selected by using proportional stratified sampling method. Data were gathered by 1) A questionnaire named social identity questionnaires and 2)A assessment scale of valued system. The validity of both instrument was verified by experts of social sciences and their reliability were assessed through using Cronbach's alpha coefficient (α=0.85 and α=0.82). the data were analyzed employing Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. Result were showed that there was a positive significant correlation between individual, family, artistic, scientific, religious and national values and social identity. social identity and their aspects among students were in moderate limit. National religious, and family identity were in primacy of students. National, family, social, religious values were in the first rank on the point of view of the students.

The present study was to study abusing of drugs among young people which live in Slums around Shiraz city in 2011. So we want to determine the social factors which influence the abuse of drugs. The statistical population of this study were 24 659 drug-dependent people. We have used the Cochran's formula to determine the sample size which accounts 378 people. The sample was chosen with the use of randomized and snow-ball method. The research method is survey and the data were collected through standardized questionnaire. For the analysis of data used variance analysis, Kruskal Wallis test, regression analysis, path analysis with two independent groups, correlation coefficient (Pearson's r). The results of the study show that: there is a meaningful relationship between self-image variables, education level of responders, availability of drugs and family support, and abuse of narcotics. The study also shows, there is a meaningful relationship between age of first sexual intercourse at lower ages, the self-esteem and hope for the future, and abuse of narcotics. e have found relationship between contact with the addicted person and residence place and the type of drug abuse. But we couldn´t find meaningful relationship between the level of education of father and mother and abusing substances. I couldn´t find any meaningful relationship between variables such as father's and mother's job, occupation of the addicted persons, their ethnicity and the number of addicted persons in the family and abuse of drugs. The results of regression analysis showed that independent variables in terms of efficacy on the dependent variable series are therefore as follows: self-image, drug availability and level of education of the person. This variables accounted for 18% of the changes in the dependent variables.

The current research is a survey of media literacy status of students in the Information Society in North Khorasan. The theories have been used here are from cultivation, gratifications and knowledge gap to clarify the state of media literacy. This research has been done by survey research method and questionnaire technique was done on 317 students in North Khorasan Universities. The sampling method has been proportional and the spearman correlation coefficient results showed that, there are positive and significant relationships between media usage, cultural capital, parent education and media literacy. The mean differences test showed that, there is no meaningful difference between marriage status, age, family income gender and the dependent variable. But the media literacy means difference significant between departments of education. And based on the current research findings, North Khorasan students possess the average level of media literacy among the youth.

In this study, more than 398 high-school students through cluster stratified sampling method were chosen in Hamedan. The data were gathered by a questionnaire and statistical indexes like T.Test, variance analysis, Pearson correlation, multivariable regressions, factor analysis and path analysis were applied. The results show that the average of political participation is 14.83 out of 27.85 and more than a half of students(54.2 percent) got less than the average point. Factors like educational satisfaction, political, family, friends, radio, news paper, magazines and family, friends, radio, news paper, magazines and family socialization have positive effects on the political participation.

Marriage age is one of the important indexes to the mental and physical health evaluation in the society. The aim of this study is the knowledge of socio-economic factors related to increase of marriage age in Kermanshah City. The research is descriptive with questionnaire the age in age range is 25-39 in Kermanshah. 380 individuals were selected via Chocran cluster random sampling. The results were analyzed, through Face, criterion and construct validity have been used to verify the validity and alpha coefficients to assess the reliability of the measurement. The Pearson correlation, analysis of variance and regression were used to verify hypothesis and the research model. According to the results, (sexual equality (r=0.48), education (r=-0.32), style of Autocratic birth upbringing (r=0.235), style of democratic birth upbringing (r=-0.44), Expectancy (r=0.30), parent Stricture (r=0.414), joy of single (0.269) and the use of medicine (r= 0.149)).According to regression coefficients, parent Stricture, style of birth upbringing, sexual Inequality, Settlement situated and self-esteem entered into regression model explained (48 percent) of dependent variable variance.

The purpose of this study is a recognition of cultural effective factors(cultural capital, leisure time, religious attitude) on life style among Ahwazs coffee-shop youth. The study population included people aged between (15-35) residents in Ahwaz city and the sample size of the research is 400 persons. The method of this study is documentary for conceptual framework and a survey for cultural, capital, religion attitude and leisure time role on life style. The data has been compiled through questionnaire and analyzed by the SPSS software. The results from the composite of the lifestyle among the respondents indicates is weak and not desired among 1.8% of them and 44.5% on average style. The findings show that the majority of the respondents only had a good and desired lifestyle (53.7%).the result of the Pearson correlation coefficient showed a significant relationship between lifestyle with cultural capital, leisure time, married status, age and gender. but there were no significant difference between lifestyle with religious attitude, racial, job position and living place.

This paper studies the role of social security in the prevention of social deviances. About 304 of high school girl students in Shoush (South west of Iran) were (systematic) randomly chosen. The research method was survey with questionnaire. The data were analyzed through spss along with Pearson coefficient correlation, Analysis of Variance, multivariable regression and path analysis were used as well.The results show that there is a positive relationship between Social Deviances and with social security, satisfaction sense and basic trust. There is a negative relationship between social identity, social solidarity, security needs and dependent variable. There isnt a relationship between security elements with Social Deviances. The one way ANOVA shows there is a difference between socio-economic status and Social Deviances. The multivariable regression analysis shows that the independent variables explain 23.9% of changes in Social Deviances rate. Variables like social satisfaction, social solidarity and security sense have the most influence on dependent variable.

The aim of this study is presenting an explanatory model of the Internet applications and the role on the sexual identities’ of the-youth in Tehran. Also these sub-targets were evaluated: the amount of the youths’ familiarization with this technology by sex, the kind of programs used by the students by sex, the recognition of internet applications’ effect on the sexual - identity of the youth. The methods used were documentary and surveying (with the use of questionnaire). The statistical population of this study was all the students in social sciences school, management and economics school and theology school in Islamic Azad University, science and research branch in Tehran. With the Cochran’s formula, a sample size of 250 students was selected. The research findings showed that the young users of internet paid an interesting and particular attention to discussion forums and the communicative application of internet. Attending in chat rooms, friend finding, weblogs and social networks and presenting opinions, thoughts, attitudes and feelings and freedom of speech were some reasons of this popularity among the youth. This matter guided the researcher in fabricating this hypothesis: there seems to be a significant relationship between sexual identity and the pattern of internet application. In order to test this hypothesis, a Chi-square statistic and Kendall’s Tau-b with a 95 percent level of confidence were used and the result was the affirmation of the hypothesis. The other hypothesis was the possibility of existence of a significant relationship between sexual - identity and the informational pattern of internet application which using the same method.