Sociological analysis of the role of fathers in enhancing the cultural capital of the family

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Ayatollah Borujerdi University, Borujerd, Lorestan, Iran

2 mohaghegh

3 Graduated with a master's degree in sociology from Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Unit

10.22084/csr.2025.30028.2314

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The purpose of this research is sociological analysis of the role of fathers in enhancing the cultural capital of the family. This research is in the field of descriptive-correlation studies with a quantitative nature and focused on the survey method. The statistical population included fathers living in Tehran in 1402 and the sample size included 384 of them, based on cluster sampling, survey data (focusing on questionnaire technique) was collected and analyzed using SPSS software.The descriptive results of the research indicated that the average cultural capital of the family was medium to low. Also, the evaluation of the variable dimensions of cultural capital of the family showed that the average of the dimension of embodied cultural capital is average, the average of the dimension of objectified cultural capital is above the average and the average of the dimension of institutionalized cultural capital is also below the average. In the analytical part, the findings showed that there is a significant and positive relationship between the level of education, income, social capital, father's cultural consumption with the cultural capital of the family and a negative and inverse relationship between the educational style and the cultural capital of the family, so that with the increase in the level of education Income, social capital and cultural consumption are added to the amount of cultural capital of family members. Also, the use of permissive and authoritarian parenting styles had a negative and inverse relationship with the cultural capital of the family.

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Two Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Sociological Research

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Available Online from 14 July 2025

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