an investigation about the relation between SocioEconomic status(SES) and meaning of life perception between female students in Mashhad

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Fariba Gholami Chahkand 1
Hamed Bakshi 2
Fatemeh Razavian 3
1 Master of Curriculum Planning from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Elementary School Teacher, and Member of the Specialized Committee of Education (Corresponding Author)
2 Faculty member of Tourism Research Center of Khorasan Razavi University
3 Persian language teacher of education in Mashhad
10.22034/jcsc.2021.74699.1465
Abstract
The aim this study was analyze the content of composition students based on the meaning of life and the relationship with the their Socio - Economic. This study the classes and meaning of life from the perspective of students 13 to 14 years were examined. The population of this study, 8700 people. The sample of this study includes 125 the seventh grade girl students in Mashhad who have three socio – economical poor, medium and rich. In this study, content analysis was used in order to understand the attitude's students about the meaning of life, analyze the content of composition students. The results of this study showed that among the components the meaning of life the component of "relationship" (71%), the component of "belief" (48%) and the component of "pleasure" (46%) had the highest frequency between components reported by the participants, also, the component of "growth" (22%), the component of "service" (12%), the component of "Health" (8%) and the component of "school" (7%), have been reported. Also, between social - economic status and the meaning of life was a significant relationship; students who had social economic status high pointed the components of "relations", "growth" and "school". Students who had social – economic status medium pointed the components of "pleasure" and "Health", and finally, students who had social – economic weak components of "belief" and "service" .
Keywords
"meaning of life"
"components of meaning of life"
"social-economic status". content analysis
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