An assessment of the socio-cultural needs of high-school girls in Isfahan

Socio-cultural needs are among the most conspicuous spiritual needs drawing the attention of governments, organizations, and socio-cultural institutions that try to answer these needs by means of a wide range of different programs. The success of these institutions is primarily dependent on access to accurate knowledge of needs felt and expressed by addresses. As a result, to perform various studies it is necessary to assess the needs of different groups of people. Thus, this paper identifies and classifies the needs of middle and high school girls in Isfahan on the basis of survey method and a sample of 502 people. The results show that emotional and psychological needs are at the first level, social needs at the second level, economic needs at the third level, and cultural needs at the fourth. The adolescent girls declared participating in recreational activities as their first recreational need. Family is girls’ most important reference group and they are willing to be attended more by their families. In other words, empathy and intimate relationships are more important for the girls than money and other facilities.