Influential Factors on 'National Identity' In the Border Regions

This study aims at investigating the factors influencing national identity of high school students at Dehloran County. Independent variables in this study were: socio-economic status, similarity of group values, being accepted by others, internalizing values, self-satisfaction, and the dependent variables was national identity. To do this, a case study was conducted and the factors affecting national identity were analyzed in the city. The population of study consisted of 3445 individuals from which 1970 were male and 1475 were female. The size of the sample was determined to be 345 using Cochran’s formula and by classifying, and stratifying based on major, grade, and gender. The theoretical framework of the study was based on the theory of symbolic interaction Sociologists (Meed, Bloomer,and Cooley) and Parsons, and Peter Burke. Societal identity has been viewed from a national identity viewpoint. The findings indicate that all independent variables except gender had a meaningful relationship with the dependent variable. Socio-economic identity negatively related national identity and the other variables were positively correlated with it. The variables investigated comprised 22 percent of the variance of national variance meaning that R2 was responsible for 22 percent of national identity.