Title of article :
Investigating the Effects of Social Networks on Family Relations from the Viewpoints of Teachers in 11th Region of
Author/Authors :
Rahimi, Mona Department of Cultural Affairs - Islamic Azad University West Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran , Fathi, Soroush Department of Sociology - Islamic Azad University West Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Today, the number of people using social networks is increasing. Meanwhile, the most
important effect of these networks is on the quality of family members' relationships because it
is considered as a tool that can be very effective on the relationships of family members with
each other. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of social networks
on family relationships. The purpose of this research is to investigate the purpose of the
research, and the method of data collection is descriptive-correlational. To implement the
research, 278 teachers in 11th region of education ministry were selected using the Cochran
formula and were randomly selected as the statistical sample. The questionnaire was used as
the main tool for collecting data. The results of statistical analysis showed that the use of
mobile virtual networks has a significant effect on family relationships. So that the results of
the regression analysis were determined, each of the components of "marriage", "reduction of
daily activities", "distrust of parents towards children", "face-to-face communications of family
members", "reduction of social contributions of family members" and "social isolation of
family members" have a great deal of ability to explain and predict "family relationships" and
other, that the variable "distrust of parents towards children", as compared to others, has the
most impact on "family relationships"; so that this variable can explain about 27% of the
changes in the quality of family relationships. It was also found that, in general, the use of
"social networks" could predict 42 percent of "family relationships."
Keywords :
Social networks , Family relationships , Teachers , Education ministry
Journal title :
Sociological of Studies of youth