Sociological Cultural Studies

Sociological Cultural Studies

Presenting a sociological model of social identity based on women's religious understanding with a view to family efficiency in Isfahan city

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Author
majid jafarian
Assistant professor at Qom Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, Qom,Iran.
10.30465/scs.2024.48813.2855
Abstract
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to present a sociological model of social identity based on women's religious understanding with a view to family efficiency. The approach in this research is qualitative and the data base theory method has been used in the analysis of experimental data. The participants in the research were women who were aware of religious foundations, concerned about the research problem, and belonged to different social, educational and occupational classes of Isfahan city, based on the logic of theoretical saturation, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 25 of them. The findings showed that social patterning as a central phenomenon in this model, due to causal factors including religious socialization, the frequency of maternal role, background factors including physiological differences, family, education and intervening factors including the expansion of women's role-playing in society, the existence of differences of views about the role of women in creating and based on the four strategies of real interpretation of women's social status, explanation of femininity capabilities based on gender differences, strengthening of femininity values and prioritization in women's social roles has been realized. The social identity based on women's social patterning has important social and family consequences to strengthen their role in family efficiency.
Keywords: women, social identity, social patterning, efficiency, family, Isfahan



Introduction
Women's attention to new capacities and efforts to play a greater role in Iranian society has increased in recent years. In fact, women have strengthened their self-organization through multiple social experiences, and by inventing methods for self-realization and new identification, they have turned to different social, cultural, and political fields, and of course, they have also entered various roles. On the other hand, these same women live in a religious society that has a serious religious view of dos and don'ts regarding their duties and roles in society, which of course has caused women to experience a kind of "conflict in action and behavior" regarding the female identity. Undoubtedly, the first effect of these conflicts is on family relationships and weakening their view and role in family efficiency. Therefore, there is a need for a model of women's social identity that, by looking at the role of women in the family's efficiency, can see both religious conditions and requirements in relation to their social role, and also covers the presence and acceptance of new social roles based on their personal experience.
Research Question And Hypothesis
The current research seeks to answer the question that "based on women's religious understanding of how to accept social roles in society, what sociological model can be presented from their social identity that will strengthen its view and role in the family's efficiency?" Because the approach in this research is qualitative and exploratory, the research has no hypothesis.

Materials & Methods
In the analysis of experimental data, a qualitative approach has been used based on the data base theory method, which is mainly used in pattern generation and structuring for a theory. Therefore, the analysis of experimental data based on the Strauss and Corbin method was integrated based on three stages of open, central and selective coding, and the final categories were extracted to develop the model. In open coding, a title or label is given to each of the statements and a class of concepts is extracted. In axial coding, some categories obtained from the open coding stage are selected and placed in the center of the process that is being investigated (as a central phenomenon), and in the selective stage, the relationship of other categories with it is identified and in Five axes of causal conditions, background conditions, intervening conditions, strategies and consequences have been analyzed.

Discussion and Results
The analysis of experimental findings based on religious findings showed that a concept such as social patterning, as the central core of the social identity model, can expand their position in the field of family efficiency on the one hand and acceptance of social roles on the other hand. In the process of analyzing the experimental data, it was found that social roles are the sum of roles that take their value validity from the society or the ideology of the ruling system, and they are implicitly called social roles. These pseudo-roles are defined only for the realization of a part of the macro social goals for members, gender, group or a certain class and are made available for a specific period of time by a specific political and economic structure. Social patterning as a central phenomenon in this model, due to causal factors including religious socialization, women's personal understanding, the frequency of maternal-household roles, background factors including physiological differences, family, marriage, education and intervening factors including the expansion of women's roles in society, the existence of differences Views on the role of women have been created and based on the four strategies of real interpretation of women's social position, explanation of femininity capabilities based on gender differences, strengthening of femininity values and prioritization in women's social roles have been realized. The social, cultural and family consequences of social identity based on social patterning show how this concept can help women's role in family efficiency. This identity can direct women's social empowerment from a social point of view, strengthen the observance of social justice for women, and place the view of family members and society towards women in a moral-social order. Culturally, to establish the right position of women. Give credit to women and maintain the view of the family and society regarding their religious value. Finally, from the family point of view, it strengthens the mother's view among the family members and reduces the conflicts caused by the role-home.

Conclusion
Throughout the history of human societies, women have had an important position due to having special intellectual, emotional and physical characteristics. However, what has made women a serious issue is the various interpretations that have been given of their role in the family and society. The current research presents a model of women's social identity that includes both the religious requirements for women and provides the breadth of their attitude towards their presence in society; Of course, with the view to strengthen the role of women in the efficiency of the family. The analysis of experimental data showed that the concept of social modeling as a central phenomenon can create a new social identity for women, despite the definition of roles based on inherent ability and gender differences, it will change the way women are viewed among family members and society.
Keywords
women"
social identity"
social patterning"
efficiency"
family"
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Isfahan"
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Sociological Cultural Studies
Volume 16, Issue 3 - Serial Number 57
Autumn 2025
Summer 2025
Pages 33-59

  • Receive Date 28 April 2024
  • Revise Date 25 September 2024
  • Accept Date 28 September 2024
  • Publish Date 22 November 2025