The Sociological Explanation of the Social Health of Adolescents Living in Quasi-Family Centers under the Supervision of the Welfare Organization

This study was conducted with the purpose of sociologically explaining the social health status of adolescents living in quasi-family centers in 2022 in Tehran by using a non-experimental method. The population included all adolescents aged 13 to 18 living in quasi-family centers in Tehran in 2022, totaling 116 people (in 6 quasi-family centers), all of whom entered the study. The data was collected through applying the standardized scale of social health of Keys (1998) including the components of social cohesion, social adaptation, social participation, social flourishing and social acceptance, and analyzed by the Pearson correlation method and Spearman's rank test. The SPSS-26 was used to analyze the scores. The results showed that the correlation coefficient of the social health of adolescents living in quasi-family centers with the variables of social cohesion, social adaptation, social acceptance, social participation and meaningful social prosperity are respectively +0.542, +0.395, +0.590, +0.476, and +0.627, which indicates their positive and meaningful relationship and favorable social health in these teenagers. Therefore, it can be said that keeping orphaned teenagers in quasi-family centers is one of the best ways to increase their social health taken into consideration by policy makers and guardians of these people.