Isolation, in social science, is withdrawal and deprivation from social interactions. Although it has been an issue for centuries, it has been studied systematically just for the last fifty years. The present paper investigates the quality of university students’ withdrawal and its relation to ...
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Isolation, in social science, is withdrawal and deprivation from social interactions. Although it has been an issue for centuries, it has been studied systematically just for the last fifty years. The present paper investigates the quality of university students’ withdrawal and its relation to social trust. Social withdrawal is measured on the basis of three factors: membership in associations and social groups, having social links, and having social relations. The major independent variable is that of social trust, measured by three dimensions of institutional trust, generalized trust and inter-personal trust.
The present paper is a survey study and data collection is done through questionnaires distributed among 361 students. The subjects were chosen through proportional stratified sampling. Cronbach’s Alpha was used for testing reliability of measuring tools, Pearson correlation coefficient was used for testing hypotheses, Variance analysis was used for comparing average values and regression analysis was used for examining the analytic model. Findings show that there is a significant relationship between social trust and social withdrawal among university students. The resulted correlation coefficient for this variable was -0.294. With a significance level of p=0.000, it is indicative of a negative (and reverse) relationship between these two variables. Therefore, we can claim that social withdrawal of university students is largely influenced by the quality of their social trust. Decrease in their social trust leads to increase in their social withdrawal and vice versa. There is also a negative (and reverse) significant relationship between their economic-social status and their social withdrawal.
Multi-variable regression analysis shows that %14 of social withdrawal variance is explained by three variables of generalized trust, parents’ income and inter-personal trust. Therefore, experimental results of the study seem to confirm theoretical views represented in the theoretical framework. Generally, considering the existing social withdrawal, it is necessary to make appropriate policies for activating and motivating university students so that we can eradicate its causes and, subsequently, prevent its probable social damages.
Volume 2, Issue 9 , September 2011, , Pages 81-122
Abstract
Nowadays, quality of life due to neglecting qualitative aspects of human life is considered highly important, so that the meaning of the term has become pervasive in the humanities. The aim of present study is measuring levels of life quality of war-injured (with 50-69 percent of injury) of Dezful town ...
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Nowadays, quality of life due to neglecting qualitative aspects of human life is considered highly important, so that the meaning of the term has become pervasive in the humanities. The aim of present study is measuring levels of life quality of war-injured (with 50-69 percent of injury) of Dezful town and determining its factors. In theoretical framework some of these theories were reviewed: Zhan (impact of individual characteristics on quality of life), and W. Baaske & R. Sulzbacher, Dube (effect of leisure on quality of life), Brown, Zapf, Hornquist, France (effect of income on quality of life), Dube (evaluating level of satisfaction of services which have been provided by the Organization Of Martyr and war-injured). Theory of World Health Organization and its questionnaire are used to measure the level of quality of life.
The research carried out by survey method and for gathering information questionnaires are used. The complete population of 177 of war-injured (with 50-69 percent of injury) has been studied.
This research indicates a medium level of quality of life of war-injured in Dezfol. Moreover the variables of education, leisure time, income and satisfaction of services provided by the Organization Of Martyr and War Injured, impact on the life quality of this group.
