Analyzing the Generation Gap in Terms of the Values ​​of the Islamic Revolution (Case Study: Ardabil City)

Qurbanzadeh Savar, Gurbanali; Ebrahimi, Musa

Analyzing the Generation Gap in Terms of the Values of the Islamic Revolution (Case Study: Ardabil City)

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Gurbanali Qurbanzadeh Savar ¹

musa ebrahimi ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

² Master's degree in Political Science, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran

Abstract

The Iranian society, after the Islamic Revolution, due to undergoing a modernization process in social relations, has always been prone to the growth of differences and generational gaps within itself. This research aimed to investigate the degree of attachment of three generations: children, parents, and grandparents to the values of the Islamic Revolution. In this regard, five dimensions of religious, political, social, economic, and cultural values, derived from Imam Khomeini's speeches as the values of the Islamic Revolution, were identified. The research method is descriptive-survey. The statistical population of the research was a total of 300 people from the residents of Ardabil city who were randomly selected, and 100 questionnaires were completed from each generation. To collect data, SPSS software was used to describe the respondents to each dimension of values and to use reliability and validity tests and descriptive statistics. In the findings and results section of the research, there are significant differences in the degree of attachment of all three generations to the values of the Islamic Revolution, which are less between the grandparents and parents generations and more between the grandparents and children generations. Therefore, researchers believe in a generational gap between all three generations, especially between the first and third generations of the revolution.

Keywords

Values

Islamic Revolution

Generational Gap

Generation

Statistical Population

Subjects

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