Social Development & Welfare Planning

Abstract Following the turn of paradigm in the discourse of social welfare and the dimensions of subjective well-being, the issue of building the this scale to measure social welfare has become important more than ever. Moreover no considerable effort has been made for this purpose before. After making conceptual model to explain subjective well-being, in this research a questionnaire was designed to measure the social welfare. In its pilot study in Oromiyeh with 51 random samples, results showed value of KMO was 0.696 and the result of Bartlett test was meaningful as well.  Also amount of Cronbach's Alpha was 0.856. So due to different assessing methods, this questionnaire enjoys the necessary level of reliability and validity.
 

Abstract This paper surveys the sense of identity in children without birth certification and the numerous problems they face with it. As there are not so many surveys conducted on this and nowadays the birth certification is known as one of the standards and requirements of living in modern societies, this paper seeks to explore the influence of birth certification and its role in the life of children,. Due to the lack of prior research in this field, Grounded Theory was used and the sampling was targeted. The research data were collected through individually interviewing and group discussions with 21 children without birth registration, living in Khak-Sefid and Darvaze-Ghaar regions, Tehran, Iran; were held. Research findings show child’s lack of identity establishment. Children without birth certification consider having a birth certification as the factor of accessing to liberation and enjoying social rights. Lack of birth certification makes them confronting many problems, such as lack of access to welfare, training and educational facilities, dropouts, sense of humiliation, powerlessness and absurdity.  Finally, these problems cause difficulties in one’s identity, identification process and self-discovery in the society.
 

Abstract With the vast social changes in Iran in recent years; the role, view and expectations of girls and women has experienced the most serious social challenges. Their unexampled attendance in various social, political, economic and cultural arenas truly shows this matter. Nonetheless it seems that these codified social programs do not consider the real condition and because of insufficient acquaintance with the target group, don't have the proper congruity with their respondents. The goal of this research is to show an image of basic needs, priorities and preferences of 9 - 18 years old girls in Tehran. Needs of girls are divided under two general social and psycho-individual classes.
Results of the research showed that institutional trust and general trust are the most important items for them; and among thirteen determined psycho-individual needs, getting adored, success and kindness are the most important items. Among different kinds of music, juvenile girls prefer listening to pop music. They prefer jaunt with their friends to other kinds of spending leisure time; and happy and comedy is their beloved movie genre. Results of scrutinizing the correlations between different needs and background variables show that economic strata of family has the least meaningful correlations with the needs of juvenile girls. Cultural capital and age- level of education- respectively show more meaningful correlations. 
 

Abstract Our conditions in domestic and international academic areas highlight the welfare of the elite expert in general and students in particular. Emigrations of academics, attractions of studying abroad and usage of developed countries from Iranian graduates in recent years have made accentuating the quality of student life and strategic planning to promote it very hard. National reports in the higher education sector indicate low levels of resources and lack of attention to different aspects of quality of life for students. Regarding this, the main objective of this paper is to present a proposal through studying multiple sources, and ultimately the environmental analysis of student welfare fund. Describing the role of Student Welfare in Higher education system, this research studied student welfare fund as custodian of welfare obtaining of this part of society and recognize internal and external factors affecting the success or failure of these institutions. Tripartite reviewing, this research studied credible reports from multiple sources, including formal reports from planning office of vice president, student welfare fund Performance and at the end through techniques of environmental analysis (SWOT), the proposed strategy to promote well-being and quality of campus life for students of higher education, specifically welfare fund of the ministry of education and ministry of Health and was advised.
 

Abstract Citizenship is one of the most significant indicators of progress and development. One important dimension of citizenship is cultural citizenship. Basically citizenship without regarding to issues of culture is inconceivable. Creating, expanding and deepening the culture and ethics of citizenship are solutions for many social and urban problems in developing countries. Considering this, the aim of this article is studying factors of civic etic and some of its determining variables. These include social tolerance, seeking participation, citizenship behaviors, interpersonal trust, universalism, accountability, altruism and tendency to follow the law. Using survey method, the correlation was studied among 376 adult citizens of Ivan city. Findings show their grade is average to high, but this does not necessarily ensure their commitment practically.  Also there is a meaningful correlation among religious beliefs and feelings of anomie and commitment to citizenship culture. Finally some suggestions are included.
 

Abstract Achieving the objectives and programs of development in the field of higher education entails meeting the prerequisites by using available capacities for goal achievement and dramatically accelerating it. Regarding this, determining the parameters of higher education to develop the planning model in this field is significant.
This article with the aim of Identifying and prioritizing the factors influencing the development of higher education in three areas education, research and technology of Iran, looks into the ways and levels of each factors in development of higher education and then prioritize these factors.
As developmental research this utilized descriptive methodology and survey. To provide elementary model, literature review, field study and interviewing experts were done. Statistical methods of optimizing the scale and multivariable analysis were applied to analyze data and extract the factors which effect the development of higher education in Iran
 

Abstract As a psychological and social matter, happiness is affected by direct and indirect experience of people from various social conditions which is vital for accessing safe life and enduing social relation. While paving the way for sense of security, accelerating social safety and stability of mental health and happy society, in this study, happiness is accentuated in relation with sense of security.
Using survey method, the correlation was studied among 381 students of Azad university of Tabriz which were selected through stratified sampling. T test, correlation and regression tests were used for data analysis. Results show that financial, job and emotional securities have meaningful relation with student’s happiness.