فصلنامه زن و جامعه
سال چهارم شماره 2 (پیاپی 14، تابستان 1392)

This paper aimed at identifying the athlete Girls’ lifestyle position، based on normal or abnormal characteristics. The method of this study was quantitative research and survey techniques were used to gather and analyze the data. Statistical society includes all athletic girls in Medical Sciences Athletic Olympiad in Shahrekord، Iran. 355 girls were selected through stratified sampling technique. The results showed that among athlete girls، 51. 6 percent had a tendency to particular Coverage، 7. 5 percent in body Management، 54. 3 percent in Media Consumption، 42. 6 percent in leisure activities and 46. 6 percent in their music Consumption had abnormal position. Totally، 40. 8 percent of athletic girls had abnormal lifestyle. In addition، the results also showed that there was not a significant relationship among different athletic field and athletic participation variables with girls’ different lifestyles، but there was a significant relationship among athletic background variables with dependent variable.

The aim of this study was identifying social، cultural and demographic factors which affected fertility of women living in the slums located around the districts near Saadi Neighborhood، Shiraz، Fars Province. The statistical population was women، aged 15-49، who were married at least once، and were residents of the slums located around the districts near Saadi Neighborhood. 316 women were selected as the sample based on Morgan Table. Survey research methods and a questionnaire were used to collect data. For data analysis، the method of application correlation coefficient test، F، T and Stepwise Regression were used by SPSS software. The findings of this study indicated that fertility was significantly correlated with age، duration of marriage، living on the margins of history، and desired number of children. Also، sexual preference variables، attitudes about the use of contraception، education، marital satisfaction and social origins had significant effects on fertility، but social security، social esteem، invest interval between birth and occupation on fertility meaning of work were insignificant. In addition، the regression analysis revealed that a distance of 8 variables entered in the equation، two variables fatalism and the overall length of the marriage were recognized as the most important factors; explaining 62 percent fertility changes. The overall results indicated that fertility converged on the city''s fringe areas of text.

The Current study aimed at investigating the relationship between cultural and social factors affecting women’s feelings of social security in Shiraz، Fars Province. This research was conducted utilizing quantitative and survey methods via questionnaire. Statistical population، based on Lin table، consisted of 600 women living in Shiraz. Multi-stage random sampling was employed. The data of the study were analyzed through Correlation Coefficient and Factor Analysis. Research findings showed that there was a positive and statistically meaningful relationship between women’s feeling of social security and some variables such as: attitude towards hijab; self-esteem; new mass media; ideological، consequential and experiential religiosity; and cultural-educational، cultural-tourism، and cultural-social capital. The results of Multi-Variance Regression proved that attitude towards hijab، consequential and experiential religiosity، cultural-tourism capital، self-esteem، ideological religiosity، and new mass media variables totally specified changes in women’s feeling of social security in Shiraz by 17%.

The purpose of this research was comparing common individuals with early maladaptive schemas in females who were affected by addictive، romantic and sexual relationships. The method of the research was causal-comparative and statistical community included all females، that referred to psychological health clinics in Shiraz and Kerman، Iran (from March 2012 to February 2013). In order to collect data، Young maladaptive schemas questionnaire- short form (YSQ-SF) and the questionnaire of addictive relationships were used. To analyze the data، statistical indices and methods including، Mean، Standard Deviation and Independent T-test were used. The results suggested that in early maladaptive schemas، related to disconnection and rejection domain in YSQ-SF، and a statistically significant difference in levels of p<0. 05 was found between women who were affected and not affected by addictive relationships. In other words، women affected by addictive relationships had a higher unhealthy core beliefs and maladaptive basis comparing to women not affected by addictive relationships، which، subsequently، influenced the deficiency way of communicating with others; and one of these ways، effected addiction، chronic and sickly dependency in relationships with others.

The purpose of the present study was examining the relationship between cultural globalization and tendency to fertility among young women and girls. Statistical society of the present research was the young women and girls in Shiraz, Fars Province. This study used survey method and prepared a questionnaire for data collection. The sampling method used in this survey was multi-stage share random sampling. The sample size was estimated to be 600 according to Lin Table (p ≤0.05). A theoretical framework regarding Giddens’ theory was formulated. Results showed a tendency to fertility among statistical society was 29 percent and low. Moreover, Findings of the bivariate analysis showed there were significant relationships among the variables: ICT, mobile use, gender role attitude, awareness of contraceptive, and individualism with the tendency to fertility. Multivariate analysis showed there were significant relationships among variables: ICT, individualism, gender role attitude and mobile use (R2=26/3) with a tendency to fertility.

The present study aimed at investigating the driving forces and hampering factors affecting the development of rural women’s entrepreneurship in Miankooh District, Ardal Town. The research used a descriptive analytical documentation, and field studies to collect data. All rural women of Miankoh District constituted statistical population for this study (N = 8381). The sample (254) was selected using a stratified sampling method and Cochran formula. Questionnaire's reliability was confirmed through computing Cronbach Alpha Coefficient (0.95) for driving forces and (0.94) for hampering factors. Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS. 4 factors were nominated and extracted as driving forces and 6 factors as hampering factors of Rural Women's Entrepreneurship and development by using Factor Analysis technique. These factors explained 71.82% and 67.78% of the variance of the driving factors and hampering factors among rural women. It was revealed that the contribution of driving forces were more than hampering factors. Thus, the driving forces should be improved and hampering factors should be recognized and solved for development of rural women's entrepreneurship in Miankoh District, Ardal Town, and Golestan Province.

This study investigated women''s motivation to participate in NGO''sin Golestan Province، Iran. The most important purpose of this paper was identifying the effective social factors on women''s motivation for participating in NGO''s. Social factors included family integrations، socio-economic status، media consumption، demographic features، life satisfaction، political awareness، and family members'' participation role. In terms of research methodology، the dominant approach in this study was survey and field method was used in data gathering. The population of this research was women who were active in NGO''s. The sample of this study was 389 women determined by Cochran''s formula، later increased to 400 women. The method of sampling was stratified random sampling proportional to the size of towns of Golestan Province which were the classes of sampling. The reliability and validity of the questionnaire used for data gathering were achieved by test-re-test and CVR method، respectively. The analyses based on the level of variables measuring were done in descriptive and inferential ways. The results ranked the factors as: women''s participation motivation in NGO''s was 1; Life Satisfaction was 2; Family members'' participation role in NGO''s 3; Demographic features of women 4; Media consumption 5; Political awareness of women 6; Economic status 7; and، the last، Family integration، 8.