The Analysis Of Effective Socio-Cultural Factors On Social Commitment

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Social Commitment is one of the most important factors in creating social order and stability in societies. Also it includes emotional, cognitive and behavioral state which causes the individual to express loyalty to other people, roles, norms and values and provokes the individual to adapt to the expectations of others, however in this way he/she should incur expenses. Regarding this important role of social commitment, the aim of the present study is to investigate effective socio-cultural factors on social commitment and to offer necessary solutions for establishing it in the society especially among the young and adolescents. To achieve this goal, it investigates effective factors by using survey data which had been collected among 400 students of high schools in Hamedan province. The findings show that there is a positive and significant relationship among variables such as satisfaction of personal needs, social capital, non-material values, social satisfaction, cultural reference group, socialization and social commitment.

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