نشریه مطالعات توسعه اجتماعی - فرهنگی
سال یازدهم شماره 2 (پیاپی 42، پاییز 1401)

Increase of age of marriage is a problem and damage that, if not monitored, will cause depression, decrease in life expectancy and productive activity in the country. The purpose of this research is to investigate the most important factors affecting the delay of marriage age in Nowshahr city. The research is applied and descriptive-analytical. Library and field methods (questionnaire) have been used to collect information. The statistical population of the research is the households of Nowshahr city, according to Cochran's formula, the sample number of 384 people was questioned through simple random sampling. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed with the help of ten professors in the cultural field of the city and the final questionnaire was prepared. The reliability level of the research questionnaire was obtained using Cronbach's alpha method of 0.74. Descriptive and inferential statistics (exploratory factor analysis test) were used for data analysis. The findings of the research show that the result of the reduction of 29 variables was 3 factors, which are economic, social and cultural factors. As a result, the more the economic and material conditions of young people are prepared as the basic foundations for marriage, the more their desire to form a joint life increases.

Livable cities are places for social life, the creation of beauty, the presence of all residents in the public space without pollution and traffic. Social principles and its values have a special position in livable city. The thresholds of social satisfaction and identity values are very important in livable city. The main goal of this research is analysis on Mashhad metropolis livability with emphasis on culture and social sustainability indicator. The research method of this research is practical in terms of goal, and is descriptive – analytical in terms of methodology. Based on the GIS Software, maps related to the status of each of objective sub-indicators according to the limits of Mashhad metropolis's zones were drawn. For mental indicator, including 15 questions, questionnaire have been applied for a sample size of 402 persons in all zones of Mashhad. The results of this research show the zone Samen (13) of Mashhad metropolis is the best zone in terms of culture and social sustainability indicator, followed by zones 8. By contrast, zones 2, 4 and 7 have the worst conditions in terms of culture and social sustainability indicators.

The aim of the present research is to provide a model of an effective training system for the principals of primary education in Tehran. The research method is exploratory in terms of the applied purpose and the type of data, and in terms of the nature and type of study is qualitative part, self-emerging foundation data, and in the quantitative part, a cross-sectional survey. A number of thirty experts in the field of educational sciences were selected by a targeted snowball method and with the criterion of theoretical data saturation. In the quantitative part, the research population included all the principals of elementary school in Tehran, randomly selected. The research tool was a semi-structured interview in the qualitative part and a questionnaire in the quantitative part. Data analysis was analyzed and evaluated in the qualitative part through coding and in the quantitative part with the help of confirmatory factor analysis test. The research results show a model composed of eight dimensions of leadership and policy making, management structure, effective training, executive management, executive requirements, educational design, educational planning, evaluation and monitoring, which are 36 components and 154 indicators.

Delay in marriage age is one of the phenomena occurring after modernity. Many young people are facing a delay in marriage due to various reasons. The main goal of the current research is to discover the meaning and reasons of increase in the age and delay in marriage among the youth of Ilam province. In the methodological part, qualitative methodology and theoretical strategy have been applied. 24 young people have been selected purposefully. In the initial coding, 115 initial concepts were obtained, which were removed by screening the codes that were duplicated, finally, 80 codes and initial concepts were obtained, and further classified into 22 categories. Results show that economic status, pursuit of idealism, continuing education, reluctance to marriage, selection criteria and personal injuries (causal conditions), customs, being a family helper, way of communicating with others, lack of preparation and lack of trust in others (intervening conditions), living environment, lack of marriage institution, family structure and fear of others' experience (background conditions), fun activities, pleasure taken away from life and communicating with the opposite sex (paths), inappropriate mental and psychological characteristics, being unplanned, not delaying the age of marriage (consequences). The involuntary delay in marriage age is the core of the present study.

Some studies indicate the negative effects and some indicate the positive aspects of Internet on various aspects of its users' lives, but it seems that excessive use of any media fuels its negative consequences. The purpose of the current research is to analyze the Antecedents and Consequences Socio-cultural of Internet addiction using a systematic background review approach. This research was conducted by qualitative method based on systematic and systematic background review. In the process of systematic review, 83 articles were identified from 2002 to 2022, and by carefully studying the text of Persian articles by university professors and experts, 48 articles were identified. Social anxiety, social capital and social phobia are respectively the strongest antecedents and social isolation, social adjustment and opposite sex orientation are identified as the strongest socio-cultural consequences. Due to the heterogeneity in the studies, the effect size of the purposeful sampling method in researches related to antecedents and consequences was higher than other sampling methods. Internet addiction increases social isolation and orientation to the opposite sex and decreases social adaptation, and is affected by social anxiety, social capital, and social phobia.

This study examines the lived experience of powerful women who are victims of domestic violence in Iranian society with a qualitative phenomenological approach. Data has been collected in 2021 through semi-structured in-depth interviews with 7 powerful women who were purposefully selected from Tehran. The findings show that domestic violence does not disappear for powerful women, but its types changes. Patterns and themes related to the questions were extracted through theme analysis. The main themes of the social contexts of domestic violence are role conflict, imbalance in the construction of power in the family, the social label of the experience of violence, and the lack of legal protection for the victim. The themes related to the consequences of experiencing domestic violence in powerful women include resilience, negative self-evaluation and depression. Also, the main themes of transpathy of the experience of domestic violence are denying the superiority of men, optimism and emphasizing on their managerial position as a woman. What emerges from the findings is that powerful women who are victims of domestic violence, are affected by hegemonic patriarchal structures, and also, they are victims of the continuation of the cycle of violence resulting from their complicity with their abusive husbands.

The increasing trend of expectations due to the diversity of demand in the health and treatment services environment, especially in the competitive arena, has turned attention to cultural qualifications as a requirement in the health and treatment field into a serious issue. Therefore, cultural awareness, as a level of this competency, is considered a competitive advantage for public hospitals that offer specialized services to a wide range of clients. Many healthcare institutions are trying to develop these skills through in-service training courses; but this requires knowledge about the level of basic awareness. Based on this, the current research has investigated the level of cultural awareness of nurses with the aim of analyzing the cultural qualifications of nurses. The statistical population of this research is all nurses of the specialized training center of Isfahan educational hospitals, numbering 400 people, of which 196 people have been selected as a sample using the accessible method. The instrument for collecting field data was 36-item questionnaire of the Rew cultural awareness standard (2003), the reliability of its four dimensions was estimated to be higher than 0.7 using Cronbach's alpha. The results show that except for general educational experiences and research issues, in other dimensions, cultural awareness is above the average level. Also, the highest coefficient of influence on cultural awareness belongs to patient care with (0.35), while the highest predictive belongs to general educational experiences (0.214) and research issues (0.207).

This study has investigated the environmental behavior of tourists in the coastal cities of Mazandaran province. For this purpose, the theory of environmental culture of Georges Tomé and Bourdieu's cultural capital have been applied as the theoretical framework. The statistical population are tourists from the coastal cities of Mazandaran. The sampling method is a multi-stage cluster and the sample size is 400 according to Cochran's formula. The tool for data collection is a researcher-made questionnaire. The method of data analysis is Pearson's correlation coefficient, path analysis and regression analysis using SPSS software. Face validity was used to measure validity and the variable reliability of environmental behaviors was 0.851, which is very high and its items were able to have the necessary internal consistency. The test results show that the average of environmental behavior patterns among people is high and its average is 4.05 out of 5. About 10.3 percent of their environmental behavior is low, 9.7 percent is medium, and about 80 percent is high. There is a significant positive and direct relationship between the amount of urban participation, cultural capital and environmental awareness with environmental behavior. Independent variables explain and predict 35.6 percent of the variance and changes in environmental behavior. The result is that in order to strengthen, promote and develop responsible behaviors towards the environment, it is necessary to raise the level of cultural capital, expand environmental awareness and increase urban participation among tourists.