A Study of the Cultural Factors on the Social Integration Concerning Social Controlling

Abstract

ABSTRACT The present research focuses on a study of cultural factors influencing the social integration concerning the social controlling among the adults above 18 years of age living in Bushehr, based on metrical method. Based on the concerned method, the data collection was commenced through distributing questionnaires. Since social integration is considered as an essential need of society, social controlling plays an important role. Therefore, in this paper, an attempt is made to study the elements effective on the social integration, from a cultural perspective. Based on the existing theories on social investments, controlling, and integration and the issues like self-controlling, political and religious commitments, and informal controlling, the theoretical framework is set. The statistical society used in the paper pertains to the individuals above 18 years old. The sample volume Cochran factor with the error rate of five percent was 267. Considering the results from the descriptive, inferential analysis, there is a relationship between the variants of self-control, religious commitment and political legitimacy, and social integration. However, there is no meaningful relationship between the informal controlling and social integration variants.