Social Integration, Students and University in Iran

Social Integration is one of the basic concepts and also the starting point of sociological analysis and its analysis is considered as one of the foundations of the contemporary sociology. Social Integration deals with how people and society interact. It focuses on the exploration, and explanation of the interrelationship between the individual and the Society. The study of social integration in different organizations (for example, the university) and at different levels (for example, students) has been of interest for some researchers. Based on the theory of social bonding, the four main elements create social integration which is comparable to the Four Elements of Parson's Functionalist theory. In the present research, multiple scale of social integration (Ross and Strauss, 1995) has been used which is based on Hirschi's theory of social bonding. The study was a survey and data were collected from 200 female and male students of Isfahan university. The results of study indicate that, the degree of social integration of the students is high (72%). There is no significant difference in the social integration between male and females. Components of social integration including commitment, beliefs, attachment, and reported involvement are correspondent to elements of Parsons model (AGIL), respectively, goal attainment (G), the latency of patterns (L), integration (I) and adaptation (A).