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(2015). Impact of Modernization Process on the Emergence of New Problems in the Family (A comparison of Rural and Urban Areas in Mazandaran Province). refahj. 15(56), 7-37.
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Interdiction: Important changes have been taken on the institution of family pursuant to components of modernization and these changes have caused problems for the Iranian families. This research seeks to survey family changes in the context of modernization in Mazandaran province.

Method: The research method was a survey. The statistical society consisted of all heads of households residing in the urban and rural areas of Mazandaran province. The sample size was 400 whom were chosen by cluster sampling method.

Finding: The Findings indicate that there is a significant relationship between modernization process and the attitude to divorce and family betrayal in urban areas with the error level less than 0.01 and the confidence level of 0.99.  However, in rural areas, this relationship was not significant. Also, no relation between the process of modernization and family disputes in urban and rural areas was observed. In contrast relationship between modernization process and the dramatic consuming in urban and rural areas is significant.

Discussion: Over the recent decades, the institution of family and the kinship system have experienced deep changes due to the introduction of modernization process and its consequences in both the individual and society level. These are indicatives of some pathological social issues which inhibits and reduces the pace of development in the community.

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Received: 2015/09/8 | Accepted: 2015/09/8 | Published: 2015/09/8

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