Document Type : Original Article
Authors
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Professor, Department of Sociology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
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Ph.D Student, Department of Sociology,Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran
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Professor , Department of Sociology, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran
10.22124/upk.2024.26492.1917
Abstract
Background: Ignoring the social and cultural problems of the society leads to complex issues and challenges in the urban life. Therefore, in order to improve the urban life quality, some social and cultural issues, including the social capital, social security, social trust (social development) is being studied in the cities.
Objectives: The aim of this research is to study the relationship between the variables of cultural capital, psychological capital, sense of anomie and good governance with the social development of citizens.
Method: This is a descriptive-analytical research and the documentary methods and questionnaire tools were used to collect the data. The statistical population of the research includes all the citizens of Tabriz who were 1,773,033 people. Using the Cochran formula and multi-stage cluster sampling method, 829 people were selected as the sample of study. The concept of cultural capital using Sahami (2016), psychological capital by using Keshavarz et al. (2017), sense of anomie using the research of Ahmadi et al. (2018), good governance using the research of Adinevand et al. (2013), social development using the research of Eshraghi Oskoui (2023) were measured. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS and Amos software, Pearson correlation statistical tests and structural equation modeling.
Result: There is a direct significant correlation between the cultural capital, psychological capital and good governance with the social development. That is, with the increase of cultural capital, psychological capital and good governance, the level of social development of citizens increases, too. However, there is an inverse significant correlation between the feeling of anomie and social development. It means that as the citizens' feeling of anomie increases, their social development level decreases.
Conclusion: Based on the results of structural equation model, cultural capital affects the social development (0.39) and with the increase of cultural capital, the social development level also increases. Psychological capital (0.31) and good governance (0.30) also affect the social development. The effect of the sense of anomie on social development is negative (-0.24) and as the level of social development decreases, the feeling of anomie increases.
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