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The present study aims to assess psychological characteristics (Sensation seeking and it’s components, IQ, Self-esteem and Identity status) of prostitute women in comparison with normal women. The hypotheses of this study are as follow: 1- Prostitute women tire higher than normal women in sensation seeking are. 2- Prostitute’s IQ is lower than whom normal women. 3- Prostitute women have lower self-esteem in comparison with normal women. 4- Identity status of prostitute women is significantly differ from whom normal women. In this purpose, 60 prostitute women (aged 15-35 years old) participated in this study that were selected from the Ministry of health’s rehabilitation center, and from females who were taken prisoner in Evin. The comparison group participants were chosen from normal females who are living in Tehran. Two groups were matched in important variables (age, grade, and socio-economical conditions). All participants completed Zukerman’s Sensation Seeking Scale, Progressive Raen’s Matrices, Cooper Smith's Sell-Esteem Questionnaire anti (EOM-EI S2). In order to examine the hypothesises, statistical methods such as Independent Samples T-Test and Chi-Square (x2) were used. The results indicates that the sensation seeking total score and disinhibition, boredom susceptibility and experience seeking scores in prostitutes women were significantly higher than the normal women but significant differnces were not found in thrill and adventure seeking component among two groups. Also, prostitute women were evaluated lower in IQ and self-esteem than normal women, prostitute’s identity status wasn’t significantly different of those normal women.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to explore the coping strategies among adolescents in different identity status based on Marcia theory in Tehran. Method: Four hundred sixty- seven adolescents (235 girls and 232 boys) were selected from four schooling regions in Tehran by cluster sampling. The subjects were the grade high school or pre- university courses. They were assessed using the questionnaire “Ego identity process” and “Adolescents coping strategies”. Findings: The findings of this study realed that, there was a significant difference in the coping strategies in adolescents in different identity status. Considering the importance of coping strategies in reaching identity achievement and solved identity crises, it is strongly suggested that coping skill training with an emphasis on specific coping strategies.

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Objectives: The convergent orientation of recent Social theory is toward acknowledging the significance of realm of consumption and lifestyle practices instead of production and work in constituting Social identities. This shift in social base of identities can be justified in interrelated processes of modernity. The notion of Lifestyle and corresponding arguments and theories seekto offer a consistent interpretation of Social identity and cultural changes in the content of late modernity. We can conclude that in process of modernisation, particular forms of individualty have developed and have been focused upon and expressed through spheres of Social action - such as taste, manners and fashion which are conventionally taken to be the province of Lifestyle practices. These spheres of Social action have become increasingly important in describing Social Life as other forms of structural distinction have come to be seen less important. Method: These hypothesis are studied through Delphi Method, on the mid-youth in the age range of 15 to 29. Conclusion: The basic and general question of this study is to elevatete the possiblity of explaining Lifestyles simmilarities and differences of Lifestyles can be the measure of new Social grouping that is to determine borders of social differentiation or identity from a critical review of litrature.

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Objective: Although Trans sexuality and sex change might be considered as a personal issue, it has some influentional socio-cultural causes and consequences. This article aims at the illustration of Trans sexuality in Iran. To achieve this goal, the theoretical studies have been applied to describe the nature of Trans sexuality. Later sex transition and legal system in Iran will be explained. And finally some social and cultural consequences of Trans sexuality will be discussed. Method: This study has been carried out by a survey including interviews with two different samples groups: 1) the Trans sexuality policy makers, 2) forty cases of transsexuals. Findings and Results: The findings show while Iranian legal system is not against trans sexuality and sex transition, transsexuals suffering from gender identity disorders are encountered some social and cultural problems in their private lives and public sphere

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Objectives: This inquiry is intended to study the national identity situation and its effective factors in between high school students. A nation is a form of self-defined cultural and social community. Members of a "nation" share a common identity, and usually a common origin, in the sense of history, ancestry, parentage or descent. A nation extends across generations, and includes the dead as full members. Past events are framed in this context. The national identity refers both to the distinguishing features of the group, and to the individual's sense of belonging to it. A very wide range of criteria is used, with very different applications. Small differences in pronunciation may be enough to categorize someone as a member of another nation. On the other hand, two people may be separated by difference in personalities, belief systems, geographical locations, time and even spoken language yet regard themselves, and be seen by others, as members of the same nation. National identity is one of base that shape individual personality. National identity is answer to questions such “who” and “what” about self and his/her country. So national identity is personal define of self. National Identity creates personal commitment to country and social community. This is important among youth generation because in youth age establish individual personality. Therefore National Identity is one elements of youth’s personality. Method: This research studies the national identity situation and its effective factors in between high school students. Research sample is 400 students in Shiraz city. Research method is survey. National identity measured in eight dimensions includes social identity, geographical identity, historical identity, cultural identity, ethnical identity, linguistic and Literature identity, political identity and religious identity. National identity variable combined of these dimension. Independent variables include: belong feel to society, individualism, positive attitude to western countries, values gap with parent, schools curriculums, membership in social categories, social inequality feel, national identity Narrative and social- economic- political satisfaction. Findings: The study indicates that national identity rate in between 88 percent of students is high and medium and 22 percent of students have low national identity. National identity between girls and boys is not significant. However girls student have higher rate from boys in social, geographical and religious dimensions of national identity and boys have higher rate in ethnical identity. Results: Results show that the belong feel to society, positive attitude to western countries, political system legitimacy and individualism variables have significant effects on national identity. The Belong feel to society and political system legitimacy have positive effect on national identity and positive attitude to western countries and individualism have negative effect. A structural equation analysis (SEA) of data with Lisrel 8.53 indicates that major Constructive parts of national identity are geographical, cultural and historical dimensions.

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Objective: Citizenship identity as it is understood from the component words is a kind of distinction and recognition of intimates from outsiders which has a historical background. Meaning of citizenship holds the concepts such as rights, responsibilities and duties, as well as a sense of belonging that in accordance with others and executive agencies will be meaningful and Indicates a kind of “institutionalized acceptance” in the scale of values, knowledge and consciousness, abilities, skills and expectations of society. Method: It is a cross-sectional survey and population is people 15 years old and above resident in Tehran with a 450 sample in 30 locality located in up, middle and down of town from 10 Tehran regional municipality. Tool of this survey was questionnaire and its validity was confirmed by the formal and content method through the expert group and its Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was 0.705. Findings: citizenship identity of 80.6 percent of respondents is weak and moderate Among citizenship identity dimensions assessment of democratic norms, civil commitment and enjoyment of citizenship rights respectively (average 34.8%, , 36.86% and 37.72%) were the lowest values in respondents view. By multivariate analysis, the model selected for this study had four variables social trust, sense of belonging, individual and collective identity explained 38.3% of variance of the dependent variable. Results: In order to promote and increase the citizenship identity in horizontal dimension (people relations within the community) collective identity and sense of general belonging must be strengthened, and in the vertical dimension (citizens and government relations) before anything should promote and restore people’s trust to the officials.

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Objectives: social capital is a concept developed in sociology an also used in business, organizational behavior, political science and economics. In this article the process of social capital formation in a sample of university students is reported. Method: To develop an empirical model, we have assumed that individuals have two kinds of sources to form their social capitals: “identity sources” and “knowledge sources”. Moreover, we assumed that these sources are “necessary sources” not “sufficient sources”. The social capital would be produced, if these sources could be evolved to the social trust, the social norms and the social nets. Therefore, the research tries to answer this question: to what extent do these sources affect the social capital formation. The research method is survey. A sample of 199 students were randomly selected from a list of registered students for 2008 in the Faculty of Administrative Studies and Economics at the University of Isfahan (Iran). Findings: For estimation of the empirical model we used the OLS method to find how the “identity” and “knowledge” sources affect the internal values of individuals. For this, human capital was used as the main proxy of knowledge sources and the religious beliefs was used as the main proxy of identity sources Results: The estimation results show that, in the selected sample, the identity sources (religious beliefs) has had a positive and significant effect on the social capital formation, though, there is no such a relationship between the social capital formation and the knowledge sources (human capital). Furthermore, we found that males had a higher level of social capital than females.

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Objective: we measured concept of bridging social capital by a new tool . All items used in the scale are in agreement with the theoretical literature on this concept. Method: The research method was survey. The sample population was 376 students of Isfahan university which were sampled through cluster sampling of multiple stages. After making a list and confirming the validity of questions by professors of social work and sociology, its reliability was confirmed through cronbach alpha coefficient. Findings: Bridging social capital must be measured in three different dimensions: Different Interests, Different Lifestyle , and outgroups. Results: Our scale is not only highly reliable, but also valid.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between identity styles and self-efficacy beliefs (personal and collective) and to compare them in Iranian and Afghan high school student boys who inhabit in Qom city. This study is of a special importance since it is a multi-cultural and comparative study between Iranian and Afghan nations. Method: Subjects were selected from all the high school students of the Qom city. They were 231 Iranian high school boys and 132 Afghan high school boys. By cluster sampling, we chose two region from four and two schools from each region. We used Berzonsky’s Identity Styles Questionnaire, Bandura’s Personal Self-Efficacy Beliefs and Kim and Park Collective Self-Efficacy Beliefs. Finding: There was a significant direct relationship between informative identity style and normative identity style with personal self-efficacy beliefs and collective self-efficacy beliefs. On the other hand, a significant negative relationship was observed between confused identity style and identity commitment. Conclusion: Informative identity style with collective self-efficacy beliefs and normative identity style with personal self-efficacy beliefs and collective selfefficacy beliefs was higher in Afghan high school boys.

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Introduction: One of main issues related to the process of globalization is survival or persistence of national identities in the mainstream of global economy and culture. Different views have been presented in this respect. One of them claims that globalization has a negative effect on national identities, and eliminates the differences. Others, however, state an opposite view. This paper has identified three fundamental but different approaches and examined them by the research’s data. These three approaches are: extreme globallists’ approach, skepticals’ approach and transformists’ approach. Method: This investigation has been carried out by survey method among the students of Tabriz University. Finding: the most important finding in this research is the relationship between process of globalization and national identity. It means that increasing in process of globalization lead to decrease in national identity. Therefore, it shows that the first and the third approach would be accepted Conclusion: the most prominent findings states that increasing globalization identity leads to, reducing national identity of students. Theoretically, it means that among the mentioned triple approaches, the first and third approaches are confirmed while, according to available data, the second approach is not confirmed.

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Introduction: Based on previous research findings, identity styles and responsibility have important influences on behavior in adolescences. Identity styles are a mix of skills, ideologies and childhood assimilations that make a coherent and integrated totality and provide continuity of past and a direction for future. Responsibility is a kind of commitment that a person accepts for his own values, believes, job and family. Thus, the main aim of this study is finding the relationship between identity styles and responsibility with educational achievement in 15-18 year-old adolescents in Tehran. Method: Descriptive method (correlation) has been used. Population has been all of the students of district 3 who studied at public high schools in Tehran. (4676 students). Six hundred students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling. Students completed the Berzonsky Identity Styles Inventory and California Responsibility Questionnaire. Also, educational average of two semesters in years 2008 and 2009 were obtained from school files. Data was analyzed by stepwise regression. Findings: There was a significant relationship between informative identity styles, normative identity styles and responsibility with educational achievement but not with avoidance / diffusion identity style. Conclusion: Results of this study have shown that there is a relationship between identity styles and responsibility with education achievement and this relationship does not differ between the two sex.

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  Introduction: The aim of this study is exploring the resiliency process in Darrvaze Ghar neighborhoods of Tehran teenagers and youths with the substance abuse through discovering dimensions of experiences.

  Method : The present research was carried out by using a methodology of qualitative research using grounded theory based on Strauss and Corbin’s approach. The study focused on Darrvaze Ghar neighborhoods of Tehran in 2011. Data was collected through open unstructured interviews and focus group discussion. In total, 14 interviews with 12 teenagers/youths were held and focused group discussion was held with 7 participants.

  Findings: Findings of the research have shown that 5 major elements are affecting the resiliency process of teenager and youths with the substance abuse as fallow:

  1) Targeted efforts and hope for the future to identity achievement

  2) Employing strategies to maintain their

  3) For overcome cultural factor and social nasty stigma, underdevelopment, risky environmental and concern of safety issues

  4) Identity achievement

  5) Experiencing facilitator and confounding factors. The most important part of the other elements around it is identity achievement.

  Conclusion: The result uncovered, be confirming , the achieve meaning of life , achieve success are issues that are formed and resulted through process of resiliency with the drug abuse. Resiliency process of Darvaze Ghar teenager and youths are begging from training childhood and with efforts to overcome obstacle and achieve success will be continued .

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  Introduction: The aim of study was to measure subjective well-being in Iranian ethnicities. Iranian community has diverse and fragmented ethnicities with special characteristics which affect interpersonal relationships, attitude, health and education of family members, especially in young people. So, status of these components among Iranian ethnicities was compared in the present study.

  Method: The four hundred twenty six students from

Shahid

Beheshti

University (141 Tork, 71 Kord, 91 Lor and 123

Fars) were recruited by volunteer sampling . Data collection was done using Multi - Ethnic Identity Scale (MEIM), Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS), Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS). Data analysis was done by MANOVA, independent t-tests and Bonferroni post hoc test.

  Findings: Results showed significant differences between ethnic identities, subjective well-being and life satisfaction subscale across ethnic groups. Ethnic identity and subjective well-being scores significantly was different across gender. Also, male students scored higher in the ethnic identity but female students scored higher in the subjective well-being.

  Discussion: These findings were discussed based on literature and theoretical foundations of ethnic identity and subjective well-being. It could be concluded that ethnic identity and subjective well-being is different in the Iranian ethnic groups.

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Introduction: Effective Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions are essential to the successful implementation of national social policy including social security reform and also the design and strategic management of integrated social security programs. This study was performed in order to investigate the impact ICT on citizens’ social security and the amount in which they feel secured.

 

Method: This study is a survey and is practical. The statistical populations of the research were region 2 citizens of Urmia city. In order to achieve the research purposes, we made a main hypothesis and three subsidiaries hypotheses. The tools consist of a questionnaire containing 17 questions in order to test these hypotheses. After evaluating the validity and reliability, 327 people were chosen as statistical population according to Morgan table and Stratified random sampling. Finally, all the questionnaires were collected and then the information was categorized and summarized. Descriptive and inferential analyses (Pearson correlation test) were also used to do the data analysis.

 

Findings: For more detailed conclusions, social security is classified to three components social trust of citizens, social policy and economic identity. The results showed that among the region 2 citizens of Urmia, ICT have a positive impact on social security. It was also concluded that ICT has had the greatest impact on social trust.

 

Discussion: According to the finding of this study, ICT can become an enabling tool for wider socio-economic security development. When properly used

 

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Introduction: It is of great importance to study the relationship between social phenomena and concepts. One of the most important social concepts in recent century is the social identity. Social identity is the result of  the interaction among human beings which is affected by many factors. Ties, formal and informal networks, norms and trusts among individuals and in general social capitals have a significant role in forming the social identity. The relationship between the dimensions of social capital and some types of social identity (ethnic, national, and religious) is the subject of this study by using Giddens’s views on social identities, Kelman and Putnam’s view on social capital..
Method: This research was a quantitative approach using  questionnaires  among 381 citizens in Rasht which were chosen through  multistage cluster sampling technique.
Findings: findings showed that among men, the average of ethnic and national identity and among women, in comparison to men, religious identity was higher. Between single and married people, later had a higher ratio of ethnic, national and religious identity. National identity for retired people was higher in  comparison to  soldiers, students and unemployed individuals. Religious identity for housewives is higher and among soldiers, unemployed people and students is lower.
Discussion: It can be said that the dimensions of social capital have the greatest impact respectively on religious identity, ethnic identity and national identity and improve these identities. The relationship which Colman emphasized on it as well. Among the dimensions of social capital “trust” has the greatest impact. The lowest impact on different types of social identities is dedicated to official networks.

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Introduction: Body management is a means of continuous monitoring and manipulation of the apparent and visible features of the body. In this study, using indicators of control of physical condition, modification-based behaviors, health and beauty behaviors, nutrition style, cover behaviors as indicators Fundamental has become. The body is not just a biological and psychological being, but a phenomenon that is socially constructed and dealt with. Therefore, in every society of the human body, there is a physical reality and a social reality. The shape, size, clothing and adornment of the human body are a means of communicating and communicating with other members of the community, they can provide information about age, gender, social status, employment, and membership in a particular group. In general, we can say that the body is a culture and it represents the basic issues within that culture. In fact, in every society in its everyday life there is a certain culture that is distinct and different from the culture of other societies and even subcultures within a society, the body and how it manages in different dimensions depends on the cultural, social and religious norms of each Society has. So, it can be said that body management is not a personal issue, but a purely social and cultural issue, and various factors are affected. In sum, the body and how it is managed is the transient factor of social meaning, the creation of social connections, the emergence of identity and the representation of the inner beliefs and in general the sign of the individual and social personality of each human being.
Method: From the methods defined by the experts of social sciences, the method of this research should be considered as a survey. The statistical population of the study was the total number of 551653 young people aged 15-29 in Isfahan’s 14th district. The sampling method has been quoted in this research. The sample size according to the Cochran formula is 384. This sample size has been estimated with a probability of 0.05 error and 0.95 confidence level. We also consider the calculated q and p equally. Research hypotheses are based on the ideas of Anthony Giddens, Bourdieu, Gaffman, Grebner and Fredstone. In this study, a questionnaire was used to collect data. The adjusted questionnaire in this study consisted of 82 questions that included questions about general characteristics of respondents and questions and verbal questions about each of the variables in the form of a five- and six-degree spectrum and in the form of closed and re-design responses Has been. The research data were analyzed and analyzed using the advanced statistical software spss15. One of the essential conditions for the interpretation of the results is the value and reliability of the tools used in the research. Therefore, after designing the questionnaire and before finalizing it, it was felt necessary that the questionnaire used in the research in terms of reliability and validity To be The validity of the questions related to the structures was evaluated through the method of determining the content validity and by compiling the views of the judges and social scientists on the references (formal validity), and by compiling their comments, the edits were edited. . The reliability of the research is carried out in order to obtain the repeatability of the measurement instrument. In this study, Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, which is the most accurate index of internal consistency of questions in a questionnaire, was carried out for 30 first questionnaires of the research, which are indispensable for the required indexes, hence the description and testing of relationships Variables are scientifically valid. In this research, descriptive statistics as well as inferential statistics are used to test the relationships between variables, and in the further step it uses regression to express the relationship of variables.
Findings: In order to evaluate the body management variable, which is the dependent variable of the research, 30 items at the level of the level of measurement were used as a five-part spectrum. The score of 150 represents the highest level of body management and the score of 30 represents the lowest level of body management. The observed mean of body management variables for young girls was 101.87 and male youths were 86.47. Which indicates that young girls have had higher body management behaviors than young boys. Also, among the five dimensions of body management, the two following dimensions, the behavioral changes based on body correction and body health and body behaviors among young girls, are significantly different and higher than young boys. And in the case of three other dimensions, there was no significant difference between young girls and boys. The score of 25 indicates the highest level of behavior based on body correction and change, and the score of 5 indicates the lowest level of behavior based on body correction and change. The observed mean of behavior based on body correction and change is among young girls (14.33) and among young boys (7.04). This implies the emergence of normative pressure on young girls through the expectation that the community has “become beautiful” and “fit” to them. A score of 40 indicates the highest level of body health and body behaviors, and a score of 8 indicates the lowest level of body health and body behaviors. In the case of body health and body treatments, the average observed size of this dimension among young girls is 29.85 and is of a high level, indicating that young girls pay more attention to body health and body behaviors Is. And the average observed among young boys is 22/75, which is due to the younger attention of young boys to some body cosmetic behaviors. Based on the inferential results, the variables of social identity (r = 0.282), religious identity (r = 0.158), gender identity (r = .188), cultural capital (r = 234/0), level of education and management of the body Among the women, there was a significant correlation between social identities (r = 0.261), religious identity (r = 0.141), gender identity (r = 0.175) and body management among men You’ve been there. There was also a significant correlation between regression analysis between gender variables, social identity, cultural capital, attention and management among young people, and these variables were able to explain 0.476% of the variance in body management.
Discussion: According to the results of the research, young girls may be of particular importance to physical and physical appearances. In the present situation, the management of body and appearance is also very important for boys. Which is likely to be influenced by the features of modernity. Because in modernity, what we wear or what we decorate our body brings up a kind of central body idea that makes us and our personality. As a result, young girls care for and control over their lives that are under their control and power. The body of the carrier is identity for them. And that’s why it’s important to pay attention to physical appearances among girls. But based on the results of the boys, body management may be important because young boys like girls also want to open their own personal identity, which is somewhat different from the values and social norms of their surroundings.

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Introduction: Iranian students come from a diverse ethnicity and different cultural backgrounds. This study examines the status of national solidarity among Kurdish and Baluchi students in Iran.
Method: This study was conducted using systematic review and meta-analysis, and its statistical population includes all studies in the field of National Solidarity of Kurdish and Baluchi university students.
Findings: A total of eight studies met the criteria for entering the meta-analysis. In all of these articles, quantitative methodology and questionnaires were used for data collection. The meta-analysis of the studies in the field of national solidarity and a review of 50 hypotheses about the effect of 18 independent variables on national solidarity showed that the estimated point was 0.221, which was statistically significant (p<0.001). The result, according to Cohen’s Criterion, is relatively average. Meanwhile, the greatest effect size was related to social solidarity (0.505), social capital (0.337), life satisfaction (0.332), personality traits (0.309), religious identity (0.228), political participation (0.227), and family interaction and solidarity (0.250). The mean effect size of the studies on the Kurdish ethnicity was 0.254 and that of Baloch ethnicity was 0.144.
Discussion: Based on the total data analyzed, it can be concluded that the most significant positive factors affecting national solidarity consisted of social solidarity (0.505), social capital (0.337), and life satisfaction (0.332).

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Intorduction: Symbolic violence is a type of violence against women, in which violence has come out of the obvious and physical aspects and has become secret and symbolic. 
Method: This study is a qualitative study based on the Grounded theory of 15 deep interviews among educated women in Mashhad city.
Findings: 20 main categories and one core category were extracted from data encoding in this study. The concept of “Women’s agency in the face of symbolic violence” was called the core concept. And other categories include the involvement of husband’s relatives, Subjective orientation of spouse’s marital activity, Instability in norms of marriage life, Accessibility of Supplements, Accessibility of complementary supplements, Increasing awareness among women, Socio-economic equality as the causal condition; Also the persistence / shakiness of family life, the perpetuation / descent of women in the family, the level of domestic violence and the calm / confusion of the family environment As a consequence, data from this research were extracted.
Discussion: Middle-class women with resources such as public and university education, and better access to financial resources, social protection, and legal authority have made it impossible for their husbands to realize the potential for overt and direct violence. But a more subtle and covert form of violence is experienced by women. In the meantime, there is a kind of feminine management and agency in women, which is cleverly designed to eliminate or at least alleviate the symbolic violence in the field of married life, so that it minimizes costs for their husbands.

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Intorduction: According to psychological theories, identity acquisition is influenced by various factors, including psychological factors. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of agentic personality, social capital, moral intelligence and psychological capital in identity prediction.
Method: This study is a descriptive and correlation was used in the study. 633 undergraduate students studying in different universities in Tehran were selected by random sampling method in the academic year of 2018-2019 and completed the research tools including Extended Objective Measure of Ego Identity Status II (EOM-EIS-II), Multi-measure Agentic Personality Scale (MAPS), the Social Capital Measurement Questionnaire, Moral Competency Inventory (MCI), and Psychological Capital Intervention (PCI). The data were analyzed using Pearson correlation coefficient and multivariate regression implementing SPSS-24.
Findings: Findings showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between achievement and moratorium identity states with personality agency, moral intelligence, social capital, and psychological capital. Also, these variables positively and significantly predicted the achievement and moratorium identity states. Conversely, the relationship between identity diffusion and these variables was negative. In relation to foreclosure identity, only social capital and psychological capital were found to be positively and significantly related to this variable.
Discussion: According to the findings of this study, it can be stated that different identity states have different relationships with individual (personality agency, moral intelligence, and psychological capital) and social (social capital) constructs according to different levels of identity crisis and sense of commitment to personal identity.

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Introduction: A person may have the characteristics of a gender from a biological point of view, but he does not consider himself to belong to that gender from the psychological point of view. This phenomenon is called transsexuality. These people experience a series of tensions and pressures in different dimensions on the path of dissatisfaction with their gender and its roles. The tertiary education period, due to the sensitivities of the transitional period and the transition of students from the borders of maturity and personal independence, is always a period full of tensions and stresses that students experience. The complexity of the situation for transsexual students is twofold. The purpose of this research is to analyze the psycho-social processes of transsexual students in Tehran University.
Method: The present research is a qualitative type of grounded theory, which was carried out in the academic years of 2017 and 2018. The data of the current research has been collected using semi-structured individual interviews. Participants studied in this research were eight male-to-female transgender students (MtF). The current research was conducted using purposeful sampling, which was based on theoretical saturation interviews.
Findings: The feeling of isolation, rejection, and discrimination in different dimensions and attempts to self-harm are the dominant states experienced by these people, and finally, the awareness of the possibility of change and being on the path of treatment can be helpful in terms of quality and hope of life, and it can also help transgender people improve their social relations. In the path of these changes and developments, the type of interactions of such people considering family-social support are among the most important challenges related to these people.
Discussion: According to the discussed topics, the concerns of transsexual students in the context of academic environments are of great importance. Paying attention to the sensitivities related to gender, age, and the gender of these students during Psycho-social Processes can be effective and practical in supporting the policies.