Explaining the relation between scientific sociability and formation of university student identity

The purpose of this study was to explain the relation between scientific sociability and formation of university student' identity. This research was a social survey. Questionnaire combined with interviews, and documentary method were used to collect research data. The statistical population included all graduate students of public universities in Isfahan province in 1396. A total of 320 individuals were selected as sample size. The reliability of the research variables was examined and confirmed using composite reliability coefficients and Cronbach's alpha. The research findings indicated a significant and positive relationship between each of the variables of academic sociability, membership in scientific communities, interaction with friends and the participatory atmosphere of the college, respectively (r= 0.635, 175, .233, .570)  with student's identity. Also, in evaluating the structural model using PLS software, the volume of the effect of academic sociability (F2= 0.143) was in moderate level and other variables were low. A value of Q2 equal to 0.405 indicates that, in general, the predictive power of the model is high. According to the findings, although the components of scientific acceptability have been able to explain the student's identity in the statistical population to a large extent, but the main challenge regarding  student's identity has been identified in just focusing on internal university factors alone and insufficient attention to external academic factors in this regard.