Sociological Survey of Inter-Ethnic Social Distance in Students(Case Study: Kashan University)

Social distance is the degree of distance and closeness of individuals and ethnic groups (physical and emotional). Iran is a multi-ethnic society with a different ethnic geographical structure and with diverse ethnic rituals. This has made the existence of social distance a natural thing. The university is home to a variety of ethnic groups. Accordingly, the main purpose of the research is to survey the sociological distance between students. The research method is survey (quantitative) and its tool is a questionnaire. The level of reliability of the variables was confirmed using Cronbach's alpha and the sample size was determined to be 461 using the Cochran's formula. Findings show that the average social distance between men is higher than women; It is more than urban among villagers and more than married among single people. Findings also indicate that the relationship between social capital (trust, cohesion and participation), social prejudice, stereotypes, social discrimination, historical differences and social cognition and awareness with social distance is significant. The regression results show that the coefficient of determination is equal to 0.349.ocial prejudice, stereotypes, social discrimination, historical differences and social cognition and awareness with social distance is significant. The regression results show that the coefficient of determination is equal to 0.349.