Structural Relationships of Social Ethics with a Feeling of Security Mediated by Students Parents' Tendency to Break the Law

 Feeling of security is one of the basic human needs and motivations, so that with its decline, human peace of mind disappears and worry, anxiety and restlessness take its place. The study of factors affecting the sense of security, including social ethics and the tendency to break the law is of particular importance. The aim of the present study was to investigate the structural relationships between social ethics and the sense of security mediated by the tendency of lawlessness of students' parents.

 This research was conducted by descriptive-correlation method and structural equation modeling test. The statistical population of the study consisted of all parents of students in Ahvaz in the academic year 2021-2022. 235 people were selected using multi-stage random sampling method. The research instruments included the researcher-made social ethics questionnaire of Savaed et al. (2021 AD), the Hezar Jaribi et al. (2014) Feeling of Security Questionnaire and the Mir Fardi et al. (2015) Lawlessness Questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed using structural equation method and SPSS24 and Amos24 software.

Ethical Considerations: 

In compiling this study, preserving the originality of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness were observed and the participants answered the questionnaires with the knowledge of the objectives of the research.

 The results showed that there is a positive and significant correlation between social ethics and feeling of security (p=≤0.01, β=0.30) while the relationship between lawlessness and feeling of security (p≤0.01, β=-0.40) was negative and significant correlation. Also, the findings confirmed the mediating role of lawlessness tendency (p=≤0.01, β=-0.40) in the relationship between social ethics and feeling of security.

 Considering the role of lawlessness tendency and social ethics on the feeling of security, it is necessary to pay attention to their growth and strengthening in order to prevent psychological problems as well as social damages of students' parents.