Investigating the relationship between lifestyle and ethnic and national belonging of citizens of Khorramabad

In sociologists,point of view identifying is a process that is always being reconstructed and the reconstruction factors socially, historically and culturally are varied. Lifestyle is one of the important components which has a determinative impact on identity belonging. Lifestyle is defined by the choices in daily life. Thus, in spite of traditional society in contemporary society through emerging consuming society, lifestyle and its determination in the other fields including ethical and national belonging has become important .
Lifestyle by creating rethinking, reflective and selective power features for people, has transformed the coherent identities and relatively stable, traditional belonging and has created numerous and diverse resources for creating identity and belonging, obligations, as well as differences.The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between lifestyle and ethical and national belonging of Khoramabad people.
Data was collected applying survey method and questionnaires. 516 people were chosen as the sample using Cochran’s formula.
Findings: Results show that modern style has 0/5 effect on national belonging and -0/21 impact on ethical belonging. Moreover, traditional style has 0/24 influence on national belonging and 0/31 effect on national belonging. Modern lifestyle has more effect on national belonging in comparison with ethical belonging. Also, the impact of traditional lifestyle on national belonging is more than ethical belonging. The structural equation model also showed the GFI fit index of 0.94 and the AGF, CFI and RMR indices also represent a good and acceptable fit of the model. Also, the RMSEA index, which represents the residual values, is 0.047, of which the low value indicates that the model has a relatively favorable fit.
The changes caused by the interaction between traditional and modern systems and their conflicts in Khorramabad have led to the formation of various issues, including identity issues. In short, it can be said that the city of Khorramabad is experiencing a kind of transition that can be rethought and challenged by cultural and identity factors. In fact, it can be said that the changes made by the new lifestyle challenged the traditional structure of this city and left its consequences.