نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشیار گروه علوم و مهندسی محیط زیست، دانشکده منابع طبیعی و محیطزیست، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد لاهیجان، گیلان، ایران ، ‏
2 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد علوم و مهندسی محیط زیست، دانشکده منابع طبیعی و محیطزیست، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد لاهیجان، گیلان، ایران. ‏
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عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Environmental behavior refers to the behavior that a person shows when facing the environment, and this behavior is different based on the social system, personality and culture of each person. This behavior can be positive and in order to preserve the environment or it can be negative and irresponsible. Positive behavior leads to conscious and responsible action. In order to change the behavior, identifying the factors affecting it is the first step. This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of spiritual health and mental norms on the environmental behavior of citizens in Lahijan city. This research is practical according to its purpose. In terms of nature and approach, it is a correlational research. In terms of the data collection method, it is a descriptive-survey type of research, and it is of a quantitative type. The statistical population of this research was all people aged 18 and over living in Lahijan city. The sample size was determined based on Morgan's table of 384 people. Cluster random sampling method was used to distribute the questionnaires. Structural equation modeling and AMOS24 software were used to analyze the questionnaires. The analysis of the information collected from the research questionnaires in this research showed at the 95% confidence level that spiritual health has a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, therefore, with the increase of spiritual health, the environmental behavior of citizens increases. Religious health has a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, therefore, with the increase of religious health, the environmental behavior of citizens increases. Existential health has a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, so with the increase of existential health, the environmental behavior of citizens increases. Mental norms have a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, so with the increase of mental norms, the environmental behavior of citizens increases.
Introduction
Environmental problems are produced mainly as a result of human behavior. Thus, spiritual health, subjective norms, knowledge, attitude and practical intentions of people on environmental issues and how to deal with them, require considerable attention in considering of environmental behaviors. Rapid urbanization and lack of urban readiness for accepting emerging social conditions have led to the formation of low-quality of urban environments in many developing countries. This issue has directly affected the quality of life of citizens. Nowadays, with the increasing environmental issues such as energy crisis, climate change, waste generation and destruction of natural resources and the increase of waste materials due to the development of urbanization, human impact on the environment is one of the most challenging issues of the scientific community. The purpose of this study was to Investigating the effect of spiritual health and subjective norms on the environmental behavior. Environmental behavior refers to the behavior that a person shows when facing the environment, and this behavior is different based on the social system, personality and culture of each person. This behavior can be positive and in order to preserve the environment or it can be negative and irresponsible. Positive behavior leads to conscious and responsible action. In order to change the behavior, identifying the factors affecting it is the first step. One of the criteria for predicting environmental behaviors is spiritual health. Spiritual health is defined as a sense of connection with others, having meaning and purpose in life, and having belief and connection with a higher power. Spiritual health can lead to responsible environmental behavior through connecting humans to a higher power and creating a purpose in life. When people feel that their behavior is under the supervision of a supreme power that created the world orderly and for the use of all generations of humans, plants and animals, they have a more complete understanding of nature and its preservation, and preserving the environment becomes a major goal in their lives. On the other hand, until the early 1970s, the simplest model of environmental behavior was based on the assumption that by educating people about environmental issues, it will automatically cause environmental behavior from them. This model was later changed in such a way that environmental behavior results from the effect of environmental knowledge on environmental attitude. One of the most widely used behavioral models is Eisen's (1991) theory of planned behavior. According to this theory, the desire or intention to perform a certain behavior is influenced by variables such as attitude, mental norms and perceived behavior control. Intention to perform behavior is a very good predictor of actual environmental behaviors and knowledge, environmental attitude and subjective norms influence environmental behavior.
Methodology
This research was conducted with the aim of investigating the effect of spiritual health and mental norms on the environmental behavior of citizens in Lahijan city. This research is practical according to its purpose. In terms of nature and approach, it is a correlational research. In terms of the data collection method, it is a descriptive-survey type of research, and it is of a quantitative type. The statistical population of this research was all people aged 18 and over living in Lahijan city. The sample size was determined based on Morgan's table of 384 people. Cluster random sampling method was used to distribute the questionnaires. Structural equation modeling and AMOS24 software were used to analyze the questionnaires.
Conclusion
The analysis of the information collected from the research questionnaires in this research showed at a confidence level of 95% that spiritual health has a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, therefore, with the increase of spiritual health, the environmental behavior of citizen’s increases. Religious health has a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, therefore, with the increase of religious health, the environmental behavior of citizens’ increases. Existential health has a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, so with the increase of existential health, the environmental behavior of citizens increases. Mental norms have a positive and significant effect on the environmental behavior of citizens, so with the increase of mental norms, the environmental behavior of citizens increases.
کلیدواژهها [English]