Social-skill development challenges in the mental patterns of elite women studied by planning experts and professors of Tabriz universities with a Q methodological approach

Ebrahimi Sani, Majid; Ebrahimpoor, Davood; Abbaszadeh, Mohammad; Sabbagh, Samad; Elmi, Mahmoud

doi:10.22055/qjsd.2025.49312.3054

Social-skill development challenges in the mental patterns of elite women studied by planning experts and professors of Tabriz universities with a Q methodological approach

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Majid Ebrahimi Sani ¹

Davood Ebrahimpoor ²

Mohammad Abbaszadeh ³

Samad Sabbagh ²

Mahmoud Elmi ²

¹ Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Humanities and Education, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

² Department of Social Sciences and Communication, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran

³ Department of Social Sciences, Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

10.22055/qjsd.2025.49312.3054

Abstract

The present study was conducted with the aim of identifying the challenges of social-skill development from the perspective of elite women. The "Q" method was used as the research method. Data collection was carried out qualitatively and with a quantitative approach to discovering mentalities. The statistical population of the study is planning experts and professors of Tabriz universities. The statistical sample of the study includes 30 of these elite women who were selected through purposive sampling. The discourse space was formed based on the study of theories and interviews conducted with elites. The statistical sample was formed in focus group sessions. The test-retest method was used to examine the reliability of the data collection tool. Data analysis was performed by performing Q exploratory factor analysis using SPSS software. The naming of factors was done according to the content of the subfactors, and 66 final statements (Q sample) were considered. Based on the results of Q factor analysis, 9 social factors (challenges) including government structure, economic challenges, government economy, unequal distribution of resources, political obstacles, external economic obstacles, weakness of popular institutions, party tensions, and weakness of the education system were extracted as development skill challenges from the perspective of women specialists in development.

Keywords

Key words: development

social challenges

social development

planning

Q method

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