Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Islamic Sciences University
2 Faculty of Shahed University of Tehran
Abstract
The aim of this research was to develop a theoretical model for the definitive biological celibacy of young people. This study was qualitative in nature and employed qualitative content analysis. Data was collected using document analysis, and for data analysis, the grounded theory method was utilized. Additionally, content validity (CVI) was assessed based on the opinions of ten expert specialists in the fields of psychology and sociology. Through three phases of open, axial, and selective coding, 17 main categories were extracted. The discovered categories included causal and contributing conditions (problematic personality types and psychological traits, disruption in the formation of sexual identity, changes in environment and the dominance of Western culture, rethinking attitudes and values regarding marriage, biological-physiological characteristics, the role of social capital relations in celibacy, and unfavorable economic conditions), contextual conditions (dysfunctional family systems, individualistic opportunities, and emotional and sexual alternatives to marriage), intervening conditions (family interventions, social interventions, cultural interventions, and misguided religious interventions), strategies (styles and coping responses to the decreasing appeal of marriage), and consequences (harmful celibacy and opportunity-creating celibacy). The central phenomenon derived from these categories was "the decreasing appeal of marriage among single youth." These findings can be utilized as strategic tools for planning prevention and intervention against this phenomenon by governing layers and cultural, educational, and media institutions
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