Document Type : Research Paper
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In order to identify the cultural needs of the young generation, a survey was carried out with an adaptive approach on the high school boys and girls nationwide. According to the comparative studies conducted, intellectual, social, personal and technical aspects are the four basic dimensions measured for the purpose of identifying the cultural needs of the young generation. The research instrument is a researcher-developed questionnaire composed of 94 5-choice items, graded based on Likert scale, ranging from "completely agree" to "completely disagree". The sampling method adopted was multistage cluster sampling technique. Total size of the research sample is 18000 high school boys and girls from 9 provinces. Finally, 14350 questionnaires satisfied the requirements for scoring and statistical analyses. The research results identified relatively objective and detailed information on the students' cultural needs according to special, sensitive conditions of the youth and their age- and gender-based demands in terms of four intellectual, social, personal and technical aspects. They also suggest that there is a significant difference between the students' cultural needs at each high school grade. Finally, it was demonstrated that there is a significant difference between the students' prioritized cultural needs in terms of intellectual, social, personal and technical dimensions.
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