This paper aims at sociologically studying and analyzing the intergenerational changes in educational and religious reference groups in Kermanshah the city. It was carried out through a survey method and using a questionnaire. The statistical population of the study includes all the citizens of this city with an age range of 15 years or more and according to the 2017 census it was 855,523. On the basis of Cochran's formula and using cluster random sampling, 575 people were then selected as the sample and the statistical analyses were performed through SPSS software. Findings showed that the age, income, tendency towards modernity, change of religious rites and rituals, migration, and use of mass media had a significant relationship with the educational reference group. Also, the age, level of education, amount of income, change of religious rituals, and use of mass media had a significant relationship with the religious reference group. The results of regression analysis also showed that the two variables of religious rites and tendency towards modernity could explain 0.25 of the changes related to the religious reference group and 0.31 of the changes of the educational reference group.

The question of the reference group gives people the pattern of judgment and assessment, so, can be important in the development of their identity and can be effective as factors in determining behavior, talent, physical appearance, values and norms of society, especially young people. The objective of this research is studying the Hierarchy of the Reference group Kermanshah Razi University Students. The opinions raised by scientists in the field of researcher reference group Merton, Mead, Lazarsfeld, setting a conceptual framework for the analysis of qualitative research method used by the youth reference group (basic theory), using field data in-depth interview techniques and theoretical saturation criterion of 40 male and female students in the academic year 2014-2015 gathered Razi University in Kermanshah. The results indicate that the hierarchy of reference groups among students included family, media patterns, university professors and friends; among the important factors in choosing reference model, among the important factors in choosing media non-member and outsider reference model, we can refer to: the emotional support of young people and give them social prestige, the open or closing of social space for social mobility, marginalization of students in the process of social, economic and changes, and the attraction of external reference.

Understanding and recognizing reference groups, especially the reference group of youth and students, is one of the most important and necessary social and cultural data for policy-making and management of cultural and social planning, and is the focus of social and humanities research. The cultural authority of professors and the level of students' trust in professors for cultural and social activism in the cultural field of the university. Theoretical framework of this research is based on theory The reference group is Merton and Mozaffar Sharif. This research was conducted in 2009 at the University of Isfahan with a statistical sample of 550 people. The statistical population also consisted of all students of the University of Isfahan, which was estimated at about 14,500 people.Findings show that in the cultural field of the university, professors were selected as the most important reference group by students and 64% of students stated that they prefer to consult with professors in various personal, social, cultural and marriage matters and their opinion as They know the criteria and the important. Also, 73% of students prefer to be mentioned by professors. Intimate relationships and cultural and social interactions have a positive effect on university social capital and have a positive and direct effect on student satisfaction in various aspects of the university.

Regarding the young population of the country, measuring the attitudes and developments of young people in the reference groups is a matter of serious concern to policymakers and decision-makers in the system. In order to study the changes and developments, using national surveys conducted during the years 1386 to 1395 in this research, the items that could have influenced the study of this concept were extracted. Then, the trend of youth changes during this time interval is set through matching the measures. The concept of reference groups was categorized in a variety of categories, and the terms representing each of these categories were extracted, and the process of youth change was drawn in this direction. The research methodology is a secondary analysis that compares the results of the national researches, which holds the same statistical population of the same sampling method with similar ones. The results of the research showed that the young generation does not define itself in the framework of the norms of the past, and their values and attitudes have changed in some areas; however, the family has a fundamental role for young people, and the influential people in Young people's modeling is mainly within the family, especially the parents.