Sociological Study of the Outbreak of the Covid-19 Pandemic and its Relationship with the Feeling of Social Insecurity: A Case Study of Tehran Citizens

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Faculty member of NAJA Institute of Law Enforcement and Social Studies

2 PhD student in social issues of Kharazmi University,Researcher, Department of Family Studies, Institute of Humanities and Social Studies, University Jihad

3 PhD student in Social Issues, Yazd University

4 Master of Sociology

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only a disease but also has all the characteristics of defining a social problem. On a global scale, it covers 8 billion people worldwide, and humans are experiencing a great deal of insecurity. This study aims at investigating the relationship between the outbreak of Corona19 pandemic and the feeling of social insecurity among the citizens of Tehran. The research method adopted was survey and the data collection tool was a standard questionnaire. The findings indicate that the mean of the feeling of social insecurity rising from Covid-19 pandemic in the study sample (3.28) is significantly higher than that of the theoretical one (3).  Among the dimensions of the feeling of social insecurity including life, economic, general, psychological, emotional, and collective ones had the highest mean, respectively, and were mostly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The results also showed that there was no significant relationship between age and the feeling of social insecurity rising from the corona virus outbreak and this feeling was significantly different among the cases of the sample in terms of education. Also, women felt more insecure than did men. Therefore, on the basis of the findings, it can be concluded that the Covid-19 outbreak has increased the feeling of social insecurity among the subjects of the sample.
 

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