RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS, ANOMIE, AND AUTHORITARIANISM

Abstract

The purpose of the present study is to examine the relationships between socioeconomic status, feeling of anomie, and authoritarianism. Three questionnaires including objective and subjective dimensions of socioeconomic status, anomie, and authoritarianism were administered on 400 students in Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran. Results showed significant negative relationship between socioeconomic status and feeling of anomie and authoritarianism. In addition, significant positive relationship was found between anomie and authoritarianism. Regression analyses demonstrated that anomie has a mediation effect on the relationships between socioeconomic status and authoritarianism. These findings suggest that widespread feeling of anomie and authoritarianism in Iran are under influence of socioeconomic status.