The Examination of the Relation between Social Satisfaction

AbstractAims: One of the main problems in social science, particularly in sociology and behavioralscientific is youth s social commitment and their involvement to the basic rules in society. Socialorder reflects integrity between social system elements to achieve social aims which is maincharacteris...

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Main Authors: Moahmmadtaghi Iman, Golmorad Mohammadi
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: University of Isfahan 2009-07-01
Series:جامعه شناسی کاربردی
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Online Access:http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/jas/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-44&slc_lang=en&sid=1
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Summary:AbstractAims: One of the main problems in social science, particularly in sociology and behavioralscientific is youth s social commitment and their involvement to the basic rules in society. Socialorder reflects integrity between social system elements to achieve social aims which is maincharacteristic of ideal society. This can be achieved when members of society recognize and operatetheir tasks properly. The main purpose of this study was The Survey on Relationship betweenSocial Satisfaction and Identity with Social Commitment on Youths in the Shiraz City. This articleis passed on a social exchange approach with particular emphasis on Lawler and yoon ’s theory.Research method: This research conducted based on survey method and with questionnaireamong 19-35 years age old in the Shiraz City. Sample contained 400 persons and selected throughsystematic random sampling. Face, criterion and construct validity have been used to verify thevalidity and alpha coefficients to assess the reliability of the measurement. To test the hypotheses,Pearson correlation coefficient and analysis of variance were employed. Multiple regression andpath analysis were used to assess the research model.Results and discussion: The data analysis show that the structural relationship between SocialSatisfaction and Identity with Social Commitment. According to the research findings, There issignificant relation between the youth s social commitment and social satisfaction, social identity,education and mother education. Regression results show that the six variables: social satisfaction(Beta=0.39), national identity (Beta=0.42), employment status (Beta=0.33), marital statues(Beta=0.26), education (Beta=0.21), gender (Beta=0.17) and age (Beta=0.13) entered to regressionmodel and explained 59 percent of dependent variable variance(R²=0.59).
ISSN:2008-5745
2322-343X