Determining Factors of Alienation among Rural Youth: A Field Study in Villages at Dakahlia Governorate

摘要

This study aims at: Building a measure of alienation and calculate the coefficient of validity and reliability, recognizing the most important personal, social, economical and psychological variables determning to the alienation among the members of the research sample.This study was conducted at Godiedett El-Halah village, El-Mansoura district, Dakahlia Governorate. A Random sample of 150 (70 male, 80 female). This sample represente about 4% of the rural youth at the age 15-30 years at the village. The questionnaire was used in the data collection. "T" Test and Alpha Cronbach coefficient and multiple linear regression used in data analysis. The alienation phenomenon was measured by four dimensions. This dimension are: powerlessness, meaninglessness, normalessness andsocial isolation.The results of this study were: Cronbach coefficient is 0.88 and the measure of alienation was valid. The personal variables explain 15% Of the variance in alienation variable. The most important variable affect in the alienation was: the standard of living. The Social variables explain 23% from the variance in alienation variable. The most important variables affect in the alienation were: Degree of Community affiliation, social participation and citizenship respectively. The Economic variables explain14% from the variance in alienation variable. The most important variables affect in the alienation were: Income and Investment respectively. The Psychology variables explain 14% from the variance in alienation variable. The most important variables affect in the alienation were: the attitude toward change and achievement motivation respectively.