Multiple Concerns in Friendships, Towards a Grounded Theory

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Master's student of social science research, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

2 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

10.22055/qjsd.2024.42833.2779

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Young people in Iranian society, like their global counterparts, are always pioneer of change and transformation. A major part of their changes occurs in their integration in society. This linking struggled with dynamics of power and resistance. This research tried to investigate this issue in the form of a scientific research. By analyzing the existing studies and theories, a theoretical sensitivity was designed and based on the inclusion criteria, interviews were conducted with youths (18-19 years old entering the university). The data were analyzed in the form of open, axial and selective coding. The main extracted categories included tolerant acceptance, family rejectionism, conservative exclusivity, hedonistic hedonism, materialism in friendship, etc., and from them the core category of the research, multiple concerns in friendships, was extracted. A paradigm model was drawn based on these categories and the substantive theory was also presented. The main result of the research is based on the fact that the field of friendship and bonding of youth is a field with full of complexity and pluralism, which is caused by two structural and agency forces, whose interaction creates plural dissonance for young people.

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Quarterly Journal of Social Development (Previously Human Development)
Volume 18, Issue 4 - Serial Number 72
Vol. 18, No. 4, Summer 2024
July 2024

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