The study of the effective factors on the tendency of teenagers toward western behavioral models (case study: teenagers and youths of martyred and self-devotion families in province of West Azerbaijan)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Shahram Vahedi 1
Alireza Mohammadi Arya 2
1 Corresponding author: Shahram Vahedi, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, 29 Bahman, University of Tabriz, Iran
2 Asistance Professor, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences
Abstract
The aim of this study is identifying and assessing the tendency of teenagers and youths toward western culture models, among martyrs and self-devotion families in the province of West Azerbaijan. Statistical population is chosen among all martyrs students (15-19 years old), in the western Azerbaijan province (2,145,012 students) that 200 is selected by using multistage sampling method. This investigation is based on the survey study and data collection has been done by questionnaire. The results of stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that predictor variables in four stages significantly could predict dependent variables (the tendency to imitate Western models). In the first stage, using of local radio, has showed the highest correlation with the criterion variable (R2=0.21). In the second stage, using the local radio and self-alienation have showed highest tendency to imitate Western models (R2=0.37). In the third stage, the use of local radio, self-alienation, religious commitment and intimacy parents, predicted 51 percent of the variance dependent variable (R2 =0.60). In the end, four variables (the use of local radio, self-alienation, commitment to faith, the intimacy of parents and religious commitment) predicted strongly the dependent variable (R2=0.60).
Keywords
Self- alienation
Westernization
Young
Western behavioral models