Relationship between Social Adjustment and Socio-Political Attitude with Satellite TV Viewing: A case Study of Tehran City's Adolescents

The present paper is based on a case study of the relationship between gender, social adjustment and socio-political attitude of adolescents watching satellite TV in Tehran. The samples consists of 60 female adolescents (30 girls from families holding satellite TV and 30 girls from non-satellite TV households) and 60 male adolescents (30 boys from families holding satellite TV and 30 boys from non-satellite TV households) living in Strict 4 and 16 of Tehran City. To assess the variables, the researcher used questionnaire of California social adjustment and socio-political attitude. Variance analysis shows that the level of social adjustment among satellite-TV holding adolescents is weaker than that of adolescents who watch satellite TV. Multivariate analysis of variance also indicates that there is a significant difference between satellite-watching adolescents and those without satellite TV in terms of obeying social norms and intra-family relations. In other words, using satellite TV in family has a negative relationship with the boys and girls adjustment as well as boy’s socio-political attitude.