Measuring the Rate of Relative Deprivation Feeling and Perceived Relative Deprivation of Youth with Emphasis on Religiosity Aspects and Their Role(A case study: Darrehshahr Payam-e-Noor University, Iran)

The present study was conducted with the aim of investigation and measuring the rate of relative deprivation feeling and perceived relative deprivation of youth with emphasis on religiosity aspects and their role in Darrehshahr city. This study aims to determine whether Darrehshahr youth involve in relative deprivation or not and if so, what factor affect it or are interrelated with it .The present study theoretical bases regarding relative deprivation which include cognitive and emotional with regard to content and subject are based on James Davis, Abrams, Tajfel, Turner, Leon festinger, Rawls and Tiraboschi theories. Whit regard to religiosity, the ideas of Glaek and Stark has been applied, too. The research method is measurability and the data include all Darrehshahr Payam-e-noor University students in which 200 were randomly selected and were interviewed, the data were analyzed via statistical package of social science (SPSS). The results indicate that most had a high feeling of relative deprivation. Meanwhile, a significant difference between age and relative deprivation feeling of youth was not seen. Put it another way, there was not a meaningful difference between youth's age and relative deprivation feeling.

youth, relative deprivation feeling, perceived relative deprivation, religiosity.