The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on the Value Structure of Tehran Citizens

• Main Authors: Zahra Daripour, Mahmood Ketabi, Hooshang Talebi
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Shahed University 2003-11-01
• Series: روانشناسی بالینی و شخصیت
• Subjects: Tradition; Modernity; Modernization; Value; Value Structure; Political Orientation; Religious Orientation
• Online Access: http://cpap.shahed.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1150-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1

Values are significant principals by which human insight and actions are formed. In this work, the impact of socioeconomic factors on the value structure of Tehran citizens is studied. The main point of this paper is to find out the following: Is the value structure of Tehran citizens traditional or modern? Are there any differences between value structure of youths and adults? Which factors affect the value structure? The results suggest that there are differences between the values of youths and adults. Religious beliefs, sense of social inequality, rate of accessibility of the objectives, subjective class identity age, gender and marital status are the factors that affecting the traditional or modern value structure. It is also understood that woman compare enjoy more traditional value comparing to men and youths follow modern values more than the adults.