Stydying and Comparing the Indices of Economic, Social, Political, and Cultural Development in Central Asia (Case study: tendency towards ISIS)

The present article studies the indices of economic, social, political, and cultural development in Central Asian countries whose citizens have been a member of ISIS. After reviewing the theoretical approaches, the research data have been gathered through quantitative methods and secondary analysis; moreover, inverse questionnaire has been used for gathering data from indices of economic, social, political, and cultural development published in the Finnish Institute of International affairs website (2015). In the next phase, the data have been analyzed through SPSS application; descriptive analysis and inferential analysis have been conducted in this research. The validity and reliability of data have been measured through content validity and reliability index; the reliability index has been more than 0.8. The findings of the research indicate that there is a significant difference between indices of economic, social, political, and cultural development in Central Asian countries – whose members are attracted by ISIS; the level or error has been 0.01 (P<0.01). Moreover, there is a significant difference between these indices separately; the level of error in this section has been 0.01 (P<0.01).