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The Effect of Students Participation in Scientific and Cultural Activities on their Feeling of
Change in Interaction with Their Families
Hossein Behravan
Associate professor,
Department of Social Sciences,
Faculty of Letters & Humanities,
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Behravan@um.ac.ir
Ali Behravan
behravanali@aol.com
Undergraduate Student,
Department of Mechanics,
Faculty of Engineering,
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
This article aims to answer the questions: 1-”How much students feel change in
interaction with their family after entering university compared with before?” 2“Do student’s participation in scientific and cultural activities in campus is
correlated to the feeling of change in interaction with their families?” The
method was survey and the sample size was 406 undergraduate students of all
fields of study, genders and years of entrance, at Ferdowsi University of
Mashhad Campus. Sampling strategy consisted of proportionate stratified,
cluster, multistage, and random sampling techniques. Data was gathered by
standard self administered questionnaire. The measure of student’s feeling
change in interaction with their family had two dimensions: 1- change of values
(giving respect to parents and giving importance to family), 2- change of
behavior (subordination of parents). Results indicated that 90.5 percent of
students felt positive change, 2.4 percent felt negative change and 7.1 percent felt
no change in the interaction with their family after entering university compared
with before. The more student’s participation in cultural campus activities, the
more positive measure of change in the interaction with their family (r=0.23) and
also, the more student’s participation in scientific activities, the more positive
measure of change in the interaction with their family (r=0.10). Furthermore,
results showed that the more student’s participation in cultural campus activities
the more student’s participation in scientific activities (r=0.29).
Key words: Participation-Student-Family-Campus-Change.