The Study of Influential Factors on Social Apathy (Case Study: Dezfuli Citizens Aged 18 and Over)
Volume 15, Issue 3, Summer 2013, Pages 132-161
A. Nabavi, A. Navah, N. Amirshirzad
Abstract Being indifferent to socio-political participation, social responsibilities, altruistic behavior and civil activities in social problems shows that we live in a problematic society. Our objectives in this article are to explain social apathy and its prevalence and to evaluate the influential factors on it. The random sample, which is comprised 384, has drawn from Dezfuli citizens aged 18 an over in 2013. The relationships between independent variables such as socio-economic status, alienation, empathy, insecurity sensation and social capital with social apathy as the dependent variable were meaningful. According to the results of regression analysis, 30 percent of changes in social apathy can be explained by those five independent variables.