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Effects of sociocultural factors on social trends in society
Author(s) -
Goktas Olgun,
Tekin Oguz,
Canbal Metin,
Sencan Irfan,
Kunt Seyda,
Sahin Ayfer,
Cavus Umut
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2013.01013.x
Subject(s) - psychology , reading (process) , marital status , sociocultural evolution , socioeconomic status , normalization (sociology) , developmental psychology , social psychology , institution , scale (ratio) , social status , demography , sociology , social science , political science , population , geography , cartography , anthropology , law
We aimed to determine the effect of gender, age, marital status, number of the people in the household, number of children, and regular reading habits on social trends by using the social trends scale for adults. Economically independent 290 adults were selected on a volunteer basis by family practitioners. Our findings indicate that violence avoidance and economic status were correlated to book reading and having children; and gender, regular reading, and having children have impact on economic status. We conclude that promoting regular reading in society, efforts on protecting the institution of marriage, and counseling services that assist toward normalization of the number of children and promoting knowledge and awareness of parenthood would be beneficial to the social trends in society.