An Investigation Of Social Functioning In A Group Of People Living In Kocaeli: A Preliminary Study
Journal Title: UNKNOWN - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
im: The aim of this study is to determine the frequency of individual and social behaviours/habits which represent social functioning of people living in Kocaeli. Methods: A 50-item questionnaire was prepared after individual and social behaviors/routines in social functioning asessment scales were scrutinized. The frequencies of the habits were evaluated by using 4 levels. The questionnaire was tried on 30 people and the problems about its comprehensibility were reevaluated. Final version of the questionnaire including part of demographic information was applied on 450 people from every level of education that presumably represent the community via convenient sampling. Results: The results of 425 people living in Kocaeli were selected for evaluation. Twentynine per cent of the participants were graduated from primary school, 24% from secondary school, 31% from high school, and 16% from university degree. Fiftyfive per cent of the individuals were males, 61% were married and the mean age was 37 years. Social habits revealed an example of traditional social structure which women in general occupy with housework while men engage in outside works. The participation of dance activities (15%) and having a membership of any association (23%) rates were quite low. Furthermore, while reading newspaper was significantly correlated with male gender, reading books was correlated with female gender. Conclusion: Individual habits reflect the common behaviors of society. Roughly knowing the individuals’ habits which represent their socialization is an excellent guide in developing a social functioning assessment scale.
Authors and Affiliations
Mustafa Yıldız, Kübra İpçi, Aysel İncedere, Ayşe Kırcalı, Saniye Ebibi, Nuray Soykal, İlkay Soykal, Aynur Ayhan, Uğur Ceco
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