Sociological Studies of Youth Journal
Volume:13 Issue: 44, Winter 2022

This study considered the critical sociological thinking impact on teaching conversation among young Iranian advanced EFL learners. For this purpose, 40 advanced learners, 17-35 years old, were chosen after administering a nonprobability sampling design from classes at Foreign Language Institute in Babolsar, Iran. These 40 participants were randomly allocated to two groups (one experimental and one control group) each comprising of 20 persons. The participants received a pre-test connected to English conversation separately to ensure that they failed to have previous knowledge. The experimental group received the treatment associated with critical sociological thinking to learn conversation. Then the participants were asked to answer related IELTS Speaking Test. But the control group just received the usual instructions as before. After the treatments, the same pre-test was given to the participants as post-test to evaluate the effect of treatment. After collecting and analyzing the data, the results indicated that critical sociological thinking had a positive effect on teaching conversation in English. The findings of this research can be used in methodological issues.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the social factors affecting the organizational commitment of Tehran Municipality employees. The method of this research is survey and correlation type. The statistical population of this study is all employees of Tehran Municipality. The sampling method is simple random and the sample size is 240 people. The data collection tool and information is a questionnaire, the reliability rate (Cronbach's alpha) of research variables is between 0.80 to 0.92, which indicates the correlation and internal alignment of items. Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, multivariate regression, analysis of variance and path analysis were used to test the hypotheses. The results of the analysis of hypotheses indicate that there is a positive and significant relationship between social factors, job satisfaction, organizational culture and organizational commitment in Tehran Municipality. The regression results show that 0.239 of the changes are explained by independent variables and the variables of job satisfaction and organizational culture had the greatest impact on increasing organizational commitment. The variable of job satisfaction has the most direct and indirect effect on the organizational commitment.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of social and communication skills training on reducing high-risk behaviors in adolescents in Kerman in 2020-2021. The statistical population of this study consisted of adolescents of Kerman juvenile detention center, with the total number of 43 individuals, who were tested by all-counting sampling method using quasi-experimental research method. All subjects were pre-tested using a high-risk behaviors questionnaire and after teaching social and communication skills to the experimental group, which included 22 persons, the post-test was performed. Data were analyzed using MANCOVA index in the SPSS software, ver21. The results of the hypothesis test showed that social and communication skills training has been effective in reducing the suicidal tendency and attempt of adolescents in Kerman juvenile detention center. That is, the F-ratio is equal to 11.96, with 95% confidence.

The present study investigates the relationship between social satisfaction and the tendency to social deviations among students of Payame Noor Malekan University. Social deviations refer to actions or behaviors that violate social and cultural norms. Social satisfaction is defined as the perceived difference between desire and progress in life and the realization of desire. The research method, survey and data collection tool were a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was determined through face validity and reliability through Cronbach's alpha. The statistical population of Payame Noor Malekan students was 830 and the sample size was 263 among the students selected by stratified method according to the volume. Hypotheses were tested with Pearson correlation coefficient. Findings showed that between students' social satisfaction and the variables of tendency to social deviations (-0.77) tendency to sexual deviation (-0.58), tendency to theft (-0.60), tendency to violence (0.66 -), tendency to vandalistic behaviors (-0.67) and tendency to drugs (-0.37) There is a significant relationship. Social satisfaction is very important in social health and reducing injuries and social deviations in society, especially among young people.

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between demographic characteristics such as gender, socio-economic status and youth citizenship rights. The dependent variable of citizenship rights has been studied in five areas of civil, political, economic-social, gender and cultural rights. The thought of sociologists such as Marshall and Talcott Parsons on the equal and complete enjoyment of citizenship by all citizens forms the theoretical framework. The research method was survey and using Krejcie and Morgan table, the sample size of 400 people was determined. The method was multi-stage cluster sampling and a questionnaire was used to collect data. In addition to descriptive statistics, Spearman and Pearson correlation coefficient, t-test, analysis of variance and multivariate regression were used using SPSS software. Findings show that the average citizenship rights among individuals is relatively high and its average of 5 is equal to 3.11. about 19% consider their citizenship rights to be very high. Among the dimensions of citizenship rights, the gender dimension dimension has the lowest with 2.98 and the political dimension has the highest average with 3.77. The results show that there is a significant relationship between most demographic characteristics such as age, income and socio-economic status with the level of knowledge of citizenship rights. The demographic set explains and predicts 20.6% of the variance and changes in citizenship rights. The socio-economic status, age and level of education had the greatest impact.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Covid-19 Prevalence on the levels of sport activities in Ilam city. This article is a descriptive-analytical and a field-study research. The statistical population of this study includes all non-professional male and female athletes in Ilam city before the prevalence of Covid-19 disease. In order to collect the required data, the standard questionnaire of the International Group of Covid-19 Researchers and Sports was used. The reliability of this questionnaire was determined by Cronbach's alpha ( ) and the validity was confirmed by a panel of experts in this field. The questionnaire was distributed electronically and online with the help of the Sport for all commission and 122 questionnaires were collected from Ilam city in a completely random sampling method and were selected as the study population. The results indicated that 73.4% of indoor sport places and 56.2% of outdoor sport places are closed during lockdown and 24.9% of people have lost their jobs due to the prevalence of Covid-19. The results of the corona test were positive for 7.4% of athletes and 48.4% have not tested yet. The results also showed that there is a significant statistical difference between the number of sessions and the intensity of training before and during the corona period; But there is no significant difference between the results of Covid-19 test and the degree of adherence to guidelines and protocols.

Political trust is one of the dimensions of social capital that indicates trust in the actors, institution and political system of society. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity and political trust. The research method is survey and the statistical population includes 15 to 29 year olds in Abadan. The sample size is 380 people and the random sampling method is simple. The data collection tool was a questionnaire and the data were collected by SPSS software after collection.The findings showed that the level of religiosity is moderate and the average political trust is equal to 2.21, which is a higher than average number. There is a significant relationship between religiosity and its four dimensions with political trust. The results showed that the relationship between religiosity and political trust is direct and positive. Thus, the higher the level of religiosity, the higher the level of political trust among them, and conversely, the lower the level of religiosity of the youth, the lower the level of political trust among them. Religiosity explains about 40.5% of political trust and then the consequence of religiosity has the greatest effect on political trust. The result is that increasing the political trust of the youth depends on religiosity, and in order to strengthen trust, more attention should be paid to religiosity and its dimensions.

The cultural difference between the new language and the mother tongue of language learners is an important factor in creating social language anxiety in learners. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cultural intelligence and creativity with English social anxiety in students.

The research method was descriptive-‌ ‌ correlation and specifically structural equation modeling. The statistical population was the whole of humanities students of Babol Azad University. A total of 380 people were selected as a statistical sample by stepwise cluster sampling method and with English language class anxiety questionnaire, Abedi creativity and Ang and Early cultural intelligence questionnaires. Were evaluated.

The results showed that English cultural intelligence and social anxiety have a direct and inverse relationship. Creativity and English social anxiety are inversely related. Cultural intelligence also has an indirect effect on English social anxiety through the mediation of creativity.

It can be concluded that by increasing and improving cultural intelligence and creativity, English social anxiety will decrease.