This study is based on a research survey which was conducted among Iranian students in six universities of Florida and Texas. The questionnaire was sent to 676 students; 139 students responded. / The objectives of the study were to measure students' ideology as well as their attitudes and values, and to determine the behavior applications of these variables. A ten-point scale was adapted to measure student ideology from left to center to right. The data indicated that about one-third of the respondents fell into each of the three categories. Social class and intelligence appeared to explain ideology. More specifically, those from the upper social class, and less intelligent students were found to be more rightist, while those from the middle and lower middle classes, as well as the more intelligent students held a collective ideology. / The data show that leftists are more optimistic about the future, are less religious, have more modern values, and have more egalitarian personalities. On the other hand, rightists are more pessimistic about the future, have stronger religious beliefs, have more traditional values and have more authoritarian personalities. Students' public and private values in terms of the materialist/non-materialist dimensions were also measured. / Respondents' attitudes toward change, as well as their attitudes toward protest, repression and unconventional participation were determined. Path analysis techniques were used to determine the associations between different independent variables and ideology and participation. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 45-11, Section: A, page: 3440. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75439 |
| Contributors | MIVECHI, ALI., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 160 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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