Explain the role of family religious functions in preventing the influence of metamaterial values among Turkmen women women(Study of Turkmen women)

Although Inglehart has predicted the global trend of value changes from material to metamaterial values and family function from traditional to modern, However, by design the "firewall" theory, it is possible to resist the spread of metamaterial values and to defend traditional and religious values. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to explain the role of religious function of the family in preventing the influence of metamaterial values.

The research method is applied from the point of view of purpose and quantitative-survey in nature. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 36 questions with construct validity of 0.74 and reliability of 0.92. The statistical population of the study is 173264 women living in Gonbad Kavous city with Turkmen ethnicity in 1400, which was done by multi-stage cluster sampling method and using the sample size determination formula; 400 women were selected as a sample. Structural equation modeling and Amos software were used to analyze the data and the research hypotheses were judged by factor-load indices, t-statistics and significance level.

The findings showed that the influence of metamaterial values among the women studied was 35.23% and the religious function of the family was 68.35%.

Relying on the theory of firewall and the need to defend traditional-religious values, the research hypothesis was confirmed and showed that The religious functions of the family have been 63% effective in preventing the influence of metamaterial values.