جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « structural equation modeling » در نشریات گروه « علوم اجتماعی »

Recent advancements in technology have facilitated the use of social media as a means of interpersonal communication. However, it is important to acknowledge that over-reliance on these smart networks can result in many adverse consequences at the individual, societal, and cultural levels. This study was done to examine the influence of culture on social media addiction, specifically focused on the usage of Telegram as a social medium among students. The goal of this research is applied and its method is descriptive and survey methodologies. A standardized questionnaire was the primary data collection tool. The statistical population consists of the students enrolled at the Semnan campus of Islamic Azad University who actively utilize Telegram. A total of 430 questionnaires were provided, of which 400 questionnaires were deemed valid and quantifiable. The opinions of academic and executive experts in the area of culture, communications, and media verified the content validity of the questionnaire. Cornbach alpha was used as well for measuring and verifying the reliability of the questionnaire. The questionnaires were further analyzed using the structural equation approach. The findings of this study indicated a significant correlation between Hofstede's cultural dimensions (uncertainty avoidance, power distance, masculinity/femininity, individualism, and collectivism), perceived trust and utility, and the addiction to Telegram. Therefore, since most of the cyberspace users are adolescents and youths, it is suggested that officials focus on the related cultural issues, considering their important charecteristics that make them susceptible to be addicted to the medium.

Parks and green public spaces are parts of the ecological fabric of cities to the extent that environmental life and the sustainability of cities depend on them. The aim of this research is to measure the level of citizens’ satisfaction with the quality of urban parks. The example studied is Women's Laleh Park in the city of Noorabad. To this end, efforts were made to evaluate and analyze the success or the failure of the quality of the park from the point of view of women. The current research is a quantitative research in terms of its purpose in the field of applied research and has deployed a descriptive-analytical approach based on the nature of the data.The statistical population of this research included all women who came to Laleh Park in a span from May to December 2022. The sample size included 200 women; this sample was assessed using Sample Power software with a confidence level of %95, a possible error of %5, and an alpha value of 0.01, 0.03, and 0.05. For data analysis, SPSS26 software was used due to its statistical capabilities, and  AMOS24 software was deployed for structural equation modeling. To answer the hypotheses of the research, at the first stage, criteria and sub-criteria that explained the satisfaction of the multiple dimensions of women's park were compiled through documentary and library studies. Then, a questionnaire, consisting of 66 questions in the form of a five-point Likert scale, was designed and distributed among the women who came to Laleh Park. The distribution of the questionnaire was also done using a systematic sampling method during the peak hours of women’s visiting of this public space. It should be noted that the measuring scales included 6 general questions, 10 questions on safety and security, 10 social-cultural questions, 10 physical questions, 10 questions about health and environment, 10 questions about the furniture and environment of the park, and 10 questions about physical and mental health.In total, the results obtained from the current research are as follows. In an overall evaluation of the quality of Laleh Park, the findings showed that most of the studied sites were of low quality, and there were many weak points. The results also showed that the condition of Laleh Park was favorable in terms of quality in 3 items. 18 items were semi-optimal, and other 38 items had unfavorable status. Also, the results of the analysis of the second-order factor model showed that according to the women, participating in the research, satisfaction with physical-physical factors with a factor load of 0.86 had the highest priority and had the first place. After the physical-physical factor, the health and environmental index came second with a factor load of 0.78. The third rank belonged to park furniture index with a factor weight of 0.73. Further, it was found that safety and security index with a weight of 0.68 was in the fourth place, the health index with a weight of 0.58 came fifth. The cultural and social index was in the sixth place with a weight of 0.48.

The Corona virus in the world has forced millions of people to quarantine at home and caused anxiety. The main objective of this study was to study the effect of socio - economic covariates by controlling demographic and health covariates on corona anxiety in Naghadeh. Using Proportional stratified multi-stage sampling 384 women and men over 20 years old were selected and a 24-item CPDI questionnaire was completed for them in the fall of 2019. Then, data were analyzed by Structural Equation Modeling in Amos Software. Accoridng to the results, Corona anxiety was more for Turkish people than Kurdish ones, for families with low and medium monthly expenses than those with high ones, and for people with low and medium assessments of the future situation than thoes with high ones. People whose family members were not infected with Corona, used Internet and believed that Corona had little effect on their family compared to those whose one of their family members were infected with Corona, didn’t use internet, and emphasized family disputes had less anxiety. Also, by increasing economic insecurity feeling, the Corona anxiety increased.

Empowerment of female teachers is one of the central issues in education that has a mutual impact on teachers on the one hand and students on the other, however, the present article in order to achieve this goal among female teachers in Tehran using The structural equation model examines the factors affecting the empowerment of women teachers and its consequences using relevant theories. The statistical population of the study included all first grade high school teachers in Tehran in the academic year 1401-1400, of which a sample size of 300 people was estimated using stratified random sampling using Morgan table. The data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on a 5-item scale. The validity of the questionnaire was confirmed in terms of form and content by several experts, the validity was confirmed by calculating the slope and the validity was confirmed by calculating the square root of the AVE. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.86 through Cronbach's alpha for the whole questionnaire. Data were analyzed using Cronbach's alpha, tangent (AVE) tests, AVE root matrix, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and confirmatory factor analysis using smartpls3 software. The research results showed; Factors; Organizational culture, organizational structure, organizational monitoring system, organizational reward system, organizational management systems have an important role in women's psycho-cultural empowerment, as well as promoting women's empowerment in three dimensions: interpersonal empowerment, managerial and leadership empowerment and the ability to create events.

The purpose of this study is to determine the role of intellectual capital on performance in knowledge-based defense organizations. The conceptual model and hypotheses of this research are presented based on a review of the theoretical literature and research background, and the required data were collected through the distribution of a questionnaire among the managers of a defense-based organization. The conceptual model of the research was tested using the structural equation modeling method and based on the collected data. The results showed that the dimensions of intellectual capital, including human capital and relational capital, both directly and indirectly affect the performance of the organization through the mediating role of the innovation variable. Also, structural capital affects the performance of the organization only indirectly and through the effect on organizational innovation.

According to the research literature, the review of previous research indicates the lack of a comprehensive model in the field of religious lifestyle and socio-Islamic responsibility in the country's health discipline. The purpose of this study is to provide a comprehensive model. This research is applied in terms of purpose and in terms of data collection is a non-experimental and survey method and has been implemented as a mixed research in both qualitative and quantitative stages. First, the studied factors have been obtained by reviewing the research literature and interviewing elites. Then, the relationships between them through the opinion of 30 experts forming the decision team by questionnaire method, to evaluate the relationships between factors with the statistical method of structural equations and the partial least squares approach. Based on the research results and the results obtained from the significant graph of path coefficients and t-statistics between causal factors (economic benefits, legal requirements, religious teachings and managerial personality) with the main category of the research, i.e. the process of Islamic social responsibility in the health discipline, there's a relationship with the number 1.969. Based on the relationship between research strategies that include: religious affairs, cultural affairs, social affairs, implementation of necessary policies and development of educational policies with its consequences (credit sustainability, organizational sustainability, human welfare and health empowerment), the number 8.420 at 99% confidence level it is obtained that results in the implementation of the main category of research. Although a comprehensive structural model is presented in this study with the aim of examining the internal relationships of the determinants of research subject policy-making, but it can be generalized and applied by examining and adding other dimensions related to the research topic and specific study of some research dimensions. He also acted in areas other than health.

In today's competitive world, creating and maintaining customer satisfaction and loyalty is critical to the sustainability of organizations; therefore, the attention of social responsibility by organizations in order to create satisfaction in day-to-day customers is increasing. The purpose of this study, which is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey in terms of method, was to investigate the effect of social responsibility on customer satisfaction with the emphasis on the mediating role of ethical consumption behavior. In this regard, 384 clothing consumers in the city of Ilam were selected as a statistical sample using the Cochran's formula. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis was performed using structural equation modeling technique and Spss and Smart Pls software. The results showed that corporate social responsibility has a direct impact on purchasing satisfaction and ethical consumption behavior. Social responsibility also indirectly affects customer satisfaction with the purchase through the mediation of ethical consumption behavior.

The issue of fuel smuggling in the country is one of the most important issues on the agenda of all agencies. Finding and controlling fuel smuggling in the country will be able to reduce the huge waste of monetary and human resources. The purpose of this study is to design a structured model to reduce the fuel smuggling in the country by using the effective role of information technology.

In order to conduct the first phase, 14 factors affecting the reduction of fuel smuggling in the country were identified. .

The findings of the study indicate that the 14 factors identified in the study are in 5 general levels. Factors for reforming domestic fuel prices and adapting them to international rates with the aim of reducing the profit margin of fuel smuggling, using modern tools and technologies to control fuel smuggling such as RFID technology, providing a coherent and integrated program on fuel smuggling and the need for convergence of responsible agencies as factors Initiators in reducing fuel smuggling in the country were identified as initiating factors in the model.

Appropriate and structured use of all factors affecting the country's fuel smuggling will be able to help create a healthy environment in this regard and help the country's major decision makers to reduce the loss of resources from within the country.

This research was conducted with the aim of comparison the academic performance and mental health of gifted and normal female students.

This research in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was causal-comparative. The research population was gifted and normal female students of Talesh Township in the academic years of 2018-19. The population of gifted female students was 104 people, which according to Krejcie and Morgan table number of 82 people were selected as a sample by simple random sampling method and accordingly, 82 normal female students who were matched with them were selected as a sample by purposive sampling method. The research tools were included the academic performance questionnaire (Pham & Taylor, 1999) and symptom checklist revised of mental disorders (Drogatis, Lipman & Covi, 1973). Data were analyzed by dependent t-test in SPSS-20 software.

The findings showed that gifted and normal female students were significantly different in terms of academic performance and all five components including self-efficacy, emotional effects, planning, lack of outcome control and motivation (P<0.05). In the other words, gifted female students were better off in terms of academic performance and its components. Other findings showed that gifted and normal female students were significantly different only in terms of two components of mental health including somatization and obsessive-compulsive (P<0.05), but in terms of overall mental health and other components including interpersonal sensitivity, depression, anxiety, aggression, phobia, paranoid ideation and psychoticism were not significantly different (P>0.05). In the other words, gifted female students were worse off only in terms of the two components of somatization and obsessive-compulsive, but there was no significant difference in terms of overall mental health and other components.

According to the results of the present study, planning is necessary to improve the academic performance of normal female students and reduce somatization and obsessive-compulsive of gifted female students.

The Aim of this study was to examine the amount of political humor consumption in a sample of university students in Iran. A further aim was to develop and assess a path model for the exposure to political humor. For this purpose, a theoretical model derived from the studies of Yang and Titsinger (2006) and Milowski et al. (2011). This model was included factors that predict the use of political humor. In fact, it was consisted of the demographic and political characteristics of viewers of political humorous programs. The sample includes 366 undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Isfahan, Iran. Results show that political humorous SMSs are consumed by participants more than other forms of political entertainment-based media. Also, our data support the specified model for the political humor consumption. All of the expected correlations were significant, with an exception of the relationship between age and political satirical viewing. Consequently, the predictors of political humor consumption respectively are media use, political orientations, and affinity for political humor.

In the new theories of environmental demography, in addition to population size, population composition including age and sex composition, educational and subsistence composition is also identified as a factor that affects the population behavior with the environment. Inspired by these theories, this paper aims to explain the differences in agricultural water use in Iran, at the county (Shahrestan) level based on various demographic components. The data for the study is drawn from the combination of three databases of national population and housing census, national agricultural census and national survey based on the county unit, and analyzed by using the Partial Squares Structural Equation Modeling. The results indicate that although population and household size have been the dominant demographic variable affecting agricultural water consumption, subsistence composition, sex composition and rural age dependency ratio,as wll as educational composition of agricultural beneficiaries have also impacted the agricultural water consumption directly or through the land area or cultivation pattern combination.

Since last decade, virtual social networks specially image-based social networks such as Instagram, have improved and become an aspect of modern society, but many of their effects on their users' attitudes and behaviors are still unknown. The aim of this study was to analysis the effect of Instagram addiction on students' expectations and desires, which based on the theory of Relative Deprivation can affect people's self-confidence and happiness. The research was conducted in 2019. The data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire conducted on online survey and using google form. The validity and reliability of questionnaire were confirmed with Cronbach's alpha and face validity. The research sample consisted of 211 students of Islamic Azad university, Science and Research Branch of Tehran who were selected by available sampling method. The results showed that Instagram addiction had a negative and significant effect on students' sense of happiness and self-confidence, and the self-confidence had a positive and significant effect on their sense of happiness. In other words, Instagram addiction reduces students' self-esteem and feeling happiness.

One of the anomalies of the women's society is the prevalence of smoking culture, especialy in public settings. In recent years, the increase of the Hookah consumption, from European and American countries to other parts of the world, indicates that the problem has already become a global phenomenon. In Iran, too, statistics indicate that in the last twenty years The Hookah consumption has a dramatic increase, especially in age between adolescence and adolescence and Sexually between women and girls (compared with men), So that their hookah consumption has become a social phenomenon or behavior. youth's about thirty million population and the political, social and cultural role of young girls and women In the process of public developments, especially Upbringing future generation and the growing consumption of hookah in the family and in the community and lack of the research on the problem. The present study aims to sociologically investigate "Cultural Factors Affecting Hooka consumption among girls and young women referring to the North Tehran resorts". The study applies survey method. In this study, by using structural equation modeling, the theoretical model of factors affecting the tendency of girls and young women to hookah smoking, was tested among 120 samples referred to North Tehran resorts. The results show that the relationship between the two variables of "relative deprivation feeling" and "the process of Turning to hookah smoking" with the dependent variable of "a tendency to hookah smoking" is significant at% 90 level. In addition, the relationship between two variables of Two variables of "how to spend leisure time and Cultural consumption" and "attitudes towards hookah smoking" with the dependent variable, Tendency to hookah smoking, is significant at %95 level.

The land use affects security and tourism through attention to recognizing the specific capacities of the regions, economic efficiency, territorial unity, regional justice and equilibrium, preserving the environment and restoring natural resources, safeguarding cultural heritage and removing deprivations. Therefore, the purpose of the present study is to analyze the impact of land use planning on tourism development and security in Golestan province.

In terms of its objectives this study is of an applied research type and in terms of methodology it is considered as a descriptive-analytical study. The statistical population of the study consisted of tourists of Golestan province who were selected using Cochran formula. Structural equation modeling, Sobel test and regression coefficient were used to analyze the data.

Findings show that land use and tourism development variables have 64% effect on national security and land use influence tourism development 11%. There is a significant and mutual relationship between land use and national security (with path coefficient of 0.444) as well as between land use and tourism development (with path coefficient of 0.329). The relationship between tourism development and national security is a mutual and significant relationship (with path coefficient of 0.329). According to the Sobel test, the impact of tourism development as a mediating variable between land use planning and national security is confirmed at 95%.

The results show that tourism development has a positive and significant effect on national security. At the 95% level, the impact of tourism development was confirmed as a mediating variable between land use planning and tourism development. Quantitative tourism development (p <0.01, t = 7.0212) mediates the effect of land use on security and plays a facilitating role between these two variables.

In the battle between sustainable development and prosperity,achieving an intensive urban model and infill development is considered as the key to protecting the land.Despite the positive effects this growth pattern has on the sustainability of cities. If its principles are not implemented,this pattern will face negative consequences. Implementation of infill development in the middle of texture Zanjan in the form of construction of apartment units in the barren lands left in the recent years, has caused several negative effects on the lives of the residents.The aim of this study was to determine these effects by descriptive and causal methods (after occurrence),the necessary data were collected by survey tools. The relationships between the concepts were formulated using theoretical foundations and the structural equation model was used to test the relationships using Smart PLS software. Testing the general model shows the dissatisfaction of the residents of the KocheMeshki neighborhood because of the infill development that has occurred (GOF=0.37).The effects of the loss of local jobs, increased density, increased pollution,reduced access to affordable housing, and the destruction of farmland were not confirmed. In contrast to the effect of declining per capita and quality of life, reduced social relations, reduced security on dissatisfaction with infill development with90% confidence interval was confirmed.The effect of legal barriers on reducing access to affordable housing was also confirmed. The findings of the model showed that the most important disadvantages of infill development for the residents of the neighborhood are:reduction of per capita land use and quality of life,reduced security and social relations.

New Iranian towns were created mainly for the goals of reducing population burden and concentrating economic activity on large cities. Despite their thoughtful formation, practically it was not easy to achieve these two goals and many challenges were faced by urban managers in different dimensions. Given that achieving an acceptable level of cohesion in managing new towns requires analyzing and assessing these challenges and identifying the relationship and their impact on each other in a systematic and purposeful way, the goal of this study is to analyze these impacts. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) is used in the study for routing and determining the main coefficients of impact and measurement is in the form of expert questionnaires as the main tool. Research shows that there is a relatively strong, positive, and meaningful relationship among all the challenges identified and most concerned with the impact of the “institutional-administrative” challenge on the “facilities-services” challenge. But this challenge is significantly influenced by the “finance-budget” challenge, and it also influenced by the policy-making challenge. Similarly, the impact of other challenges on each other has been determined. The result of this study as a guide, while pointing out the focal points of interest for reform and improvement of the new urban management system, provide a good basis for designing a coherent urban management model in the new Iranian towns to improve the quality of citizenship in these towns. Keywords: New Towns, Urban Management Challenges, Structural Equation Modeling.

Achieving social acceptance and respect for cultural diversity, requires recognition and awareness of attitudes and behavioral discrepancies among the individuals in multicultural societies. the university atmosphere, as an important educational center that attracts persons with different intellectual and cultural background, plays a significant role in presenting such awareness to the students. Furthermore, given the change in function and outlook of museums in recent century and their focus on social, educational issues, and public interest and needs, the impact of museums on raising such awareness is substantial. This article aims to evaluate the impact of museum experience on intercultural competence of Iranian-Afghan students in academic atmosphere. The conceptual framework is designed based on Deardorff Intercultural Competence Model. This developmental survey was done using questionnaire and holding an exhibition in form of museum experience among Iranian-Afghan students in Kharazmi University. Structural Equation Modeling was applied to analyze the data. Our findings show that raising awareness through museum experience has a considerable impact on intercultural competence.

One of the crucial factors influencing employees’ self-efficacy is the leadership style of the organization. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the effect of the original leadership features through organizational culture on the self-efficacy of staff at Ilam University. This research is a survey-based study and is considered as an extension of application. The statistical population is all employees of Ilam University, which according to the Cochran formula was selected as sample of 200 people. The data gathering tool was a standard questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by the experts and the reliability of all variables was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha coefficient. For data analysis, structural equation modeling and confirmatory factor analysis have been used. The results of the research hypothesis show that genuine leadership was influenced by employees' self-efficacy both directly and through organizational culture. Genuine leaders, through positive social exchanges with their employees, may make employees more interested and more passionate. The noble leaders raise their self-efficacy through self-awareness, being honest with employees, making decisions based on internal ethical standards, and being able to provide realistic analyses. In sum, it can be concluded that university administrators can use this leadership style to increase the efficiency of their employees in the organization.