The Future Study of Changing Family Values in Iran Using the Causal Layer Analysis Approach

The family is the most basic social institution that has the task of transmitting the values of society to individuals. In recent decades, changes in different areas of the family community have affected the family. So a different and unknown future awaits the family that has caused social panic. Given the vacuum of research in this area, the purpose of the present study was to investigate the future of family values change that has not been done in Iran so it is considered to  innovative in its thematic and dominant approach. The statistical population consisted of experts in the fields of sociology and cultural studies. The sample size was 17 persons and data collection tool was interview. After the interviews were conducted by thematic analysis method, the main themes of the interviews were extracted. And then, using the causal layer analysis, their components and dimensions were identified at four levels of Lithuanian, social causes, discourse, and myth. The metaphors / myths derived from the study of family values in Iran in the present study are: Autumn, only myself, home as a dorm.