QUALITY OF LIFE AND ITS RELATION TO COMMUNITY ALIENATION –A COMPARATIVE STUDY IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Institute of Environmental Studies and Research

2 Institute of Environmental Studies and Research, Ain Shams Universit

3 Faculty of Education, former University of Tanta

4 Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University

Abstract

The objective of the study is to try to identify the differences between the study population of the urban environment (upper, middle and lower) in the quality of life variable in its sub-dimensions, and the five major personality factors as well as the variable of community alienation. In order to investigate the hypotheses of the current study, the comparative descriptive approach was used to describe the phenomenon in question, "Quality of Life and its Relation to Community Alienation". The study sample consists of (300) male and female participants from the urban environment (upper, middle and lower), with (100 participants) each. Class, income levels, and education The study tools were: Quality of Life Standard (Prepared by: Researcher), List of Five Major Personality Factors (Prepared by: Costa and Macri), Community Exile Scale (Prepared by: Researcher)
The study found the following results: Differences in the quality of life and its sub-dimensions (physical safety, mental health, social relations and communication with others, time management, proportionality, and sufficiency) towards the upper urban environment, and differences in neural variables and societal alienation towards the urban environment World. There are statistically significant differences in (goodness, conscience alertness, and societal alienation) in the direction of the sample female expatriate community. There is no relationship between alienation and the five major personality factors, while there is a strong inverse relationship between community alienation and all dimensions of the quality of life variable (physical safety, mental health, social relations and communication with others, time management and total quality of life). This suggests that rates of alienation in society may increase with lower quality of life, and vice versa.
The most important recommendations of the study: to study the role of social education institutions, "the family, educational institutions, peer groups, the media and political parties" that transfer knowledge, instill and develop values, and develop community participation skills. Interest in the study of marginalized groups, and study the social marginalization as a framework for the interpretation of violence and extremism that may result from the feeling of alienation.

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