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Department of Psychology and Counseling, Farhangian University of Tehran, Iran
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2- Department of Educational Affairs, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
This study aimed to explain the role of university professors and athlete students in increasing cultural resilience against soft war and to provide a scientific framework for utilizing this capacity.This applied research employed a descriptive-analytical (survey) method. The statistical population included all professors and athlete students of Farhangian University in Kermanshah province during the 2025-2026 academic year. A sample of 310 individuals (60 professors and 250 students) was selected using stratified random sampling. Data were collected using a researcher-made questionnaire and analyzed with SPSS software using Pearson correlation and multiple regression tests. Findings indicated a positive and significant correlation between the role of university professors (r=0.61) and the role of athlete students (r=0.54) with cultural resilience. Multiple regression results showed that these two variables together explain 48% of the variance in cultural resilience. Both the role of university professors (Beta=0.48) and the role of athlete students (Beta=0.36) positively and significantly predicted cultural resilience, with the explanatory share of professors being greater. The findings confirm that university professors, as intellectual and cultural references, and athlete students, as influential actors with social capital and role models, play complementary and synergistic roles in increasing the university's cultural resilience against soft war. Therefore, strengthening purposeful and planned interaction between these two groups can be considered an effective strategy in the cultural policymaking of universities to counter soft threats.
Azimi,A. and sakinepoor,E. (2025). The Impact of University Professors and Athlete Students on Increasing Cultural Resilience Against Soft War. scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution, 6(3), 29-40.
MLA
Azimi,A. , and sakinepoor,E. . "The Impact of University Professors and Athlete Students on Increasing Cultural Resilience Against Soft War", scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution, 6, 3, 2025, 29-40.
HARVARD
Azimi A., sakinepoor E. (2025). 'The Impact of University Professors and Athlete Students on Increasing Cultural Resilience Against Soft War', scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution, 6(3), pp. 29-40.
CHICAGO
A. Azimi and E. sakinepoor, "The Impact of University Professors and Athlete Students on Increasing Cultural Resilience Against Soft War," scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution, 6 3 (2025): 29-40,
VANCOUVER
Azimi A., sakinepoor E. The Impact of University Professors and Athlete Students on Increasing Cultural Resilience Against Soft War. scientific journal Political Sociology of the Islamic Revolution, 2025; 6(3): 29-40.
