Sociological Explanation of Resistance in Accepting New Lifestyle and Official Norms of Iranian Society (Case Study: Students of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch in 2020-2021)

The present study was done to sociologically investigate resistance against formal norms of Iranian society in the students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran.

The study was applied in terms of objectives and its design was descriptive. Statistical society of the research was all the students of Central Branch of Islamic Azad University of Tehran from whom 373 people were selected as the sample. They answered researcher – made questionnaires in the systematic random sampling method. Those questionnaires included 77 items. Raw data obtained from the questionnaires was analyzed through SPSS 26 software and statistical tests of Linear Regression and Pearson Correlation. 

The results of Linear Regression analysis showed that variables of personality crisis, positive thinking about cyberspace, inclination to searching affairs, imposed norms and outdated rules had a significant effect on resistance against formal norms. But modern lifestyle, inclination to higher education and the society’s suffocating atmosphere did not have any meaningful effect on it. 

The results of Pearson Correlation Coefficient also displayed that there was a reciprocal significant relationship between personality crisis, inclination to higher education, positive thinking about cyberspace, inclination to searching affairs and resistance against formal norms. Moreover , there was a positive meaningful relationship between imposed norms , the society ' s suffocating atmosphere , outdated rules and resistance against formal norms . There was not any meaningful relationship between modern lifestyle and resistance against formal norms.