The role of cultural capital on health-oriented lifestyle (Case of study: Women over 20 to 48 years of age in Damghan city)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad hasan sharbatiyan ¹
• Neda shadloo ²

¹ Ph.D. Sociology (Social Issues of Iran) Social Issues Researcher and Secretary of Education and Lecturer of Khorasan Razavi Farhangian University

² Master of Sociology at Payam Noor University of Mashhad.IRAN.

10.30495/jzvj.2023.31091.3913

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this article is the relationship between cultural capital and health-oriented lifestyle, emphasizing the theory of Bourdieu and Cockerham.
Methods: A quantitative approach based on the survey method (descriptive-correlation), relying on a standardized questionnaire among 400 women aged 20 to 48 in Damghan city, the findings were collected in the form of simple random cluster sampling. Cronbach's alpha scale of health-oriented lifestyle equal (0.933) and cultural capital (0.800) and the convergence validity of dependent variable (0.409) and independent variable equal to (0.474) was obtained and the findings were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics methods relying on SPSS software. Is.
Findings: Descriptive results indicate that the average status of the variables along with their components was medium to high. Among the dimensions of health-oriented lifestyle (interpersonal relationships) and among the dimensions of the cultural capital (normative capital) variable, it was more important. And. Based on the Pearson correlation results (0.571), the relationship between the main variables is moderate, positive and significant, and the assumed relationship between the components of objectified capital (0.452) and embodied capital (0.427) with a significant dependent variable with medium intensity and the assumed relationship the regulatory capital component (0.225) with the mentioned variable was significant with weak intensity. According to the beta regression results, the most betas (cultural capital, objectified capital, embodied capital, regulated capital, etc.) with the value of correlation coefficient (0.527) have been able to explain about 32% of the changes in the health-oriented lifestyle variable.

Keywords

• Wemen
• Cultural Capital
• Health-Oriented Lifestyle
• Damghan

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