Abstract:
This study focuses on the effect of social and cultural determinants on generation gap in Tehranian families in 2011. The purpose of this study is to determine effective factors on generation gap in Tehranian families, analytical and empirical patterns and be surveyed by related theories and effective factors. The research was prepared by questions including whether there is a relationship between social and cultural factors of Iran society and generation gap, if so, what determinants are and affect by how much impact factor, then analyze and determine the subject of research. The method of this research is survey method and information gathered by questionnaire from 500 persons of Tehranian families by cluster sampling which are chosen by simple random sampling. Questionnaire which is formed by researcher is based on Likert Spectrum. In order to analyze the information and test research theoretical model, SPSS and lisrel software are used respectively in this paper. The result of this study is found on direct numerical facts of relation pattern between independent and dependent variables; in other words, there is a significance relation between social and cultural factors including life style, location of residency, communication with ones having the same age in the group, social status of parents, access to mass media and education system with dependent variable, generation gap. Moreover, the results of structural equation model imply the relation between independent and dependent variable which can be claimed that presented models have pleasant fitting and there is favorite conformity between depicted model or structural model with empirical data; this means that the variables have suitable qualification to be used in the final model of research.
Machine summary:
The result of this study is found on direct numerical facts of relation pattern between independent and dependent variables; in other words, there is a significance relation between social and cultural factors including life style, location of residency, communication with ones having the same age in the group, social status of parents, access to mass media and education system with dependent variable, generation gap.
Table (1): Second-tier indicators of independent and dependent variables latent variables a- Independent variables (observed indicators or variables) Social factors 1-Social status of parents comprise of income, education, occupation; 2- Lifestyle, either modern or traditional; 3- Location of residence at three levels of high, medium, or low; 4- Communion with peers, among others by setting the peers as reference in major decision makings or by spending most of the times with the peers Cultural factors 1-Mass communication media, namely television, satellite, the internet, publication, newspaper, and cellar phones- 2- Educational system comprised school, university, and family foundation b- Dependent variable (indicators) Generation gap 1- Intellectual differences, namely difference of levels of acquisition of scientific information, and difference of levels of acquisition of general information 2- Orientation differences, namely difference of religious percepts, difference of beliefs and values, and difference of tastes 3- Behavioral differences, namely difference of social customs and conduct, difference of literature and discourse, and difference of clothing Research Methodology Several methods of research have been applied in the present study stated below.