چکیده:
The main objective of this research is to assess environmental behavior and identify the impact of social capital and its dimensions (social networks, social norms, and social trust) on environmental behaviors. In other words, the main goal of the present research is to answer the question of whether an increase or decrease in social capital leads to a change in environmental behaviors or not? The research method in this study is survey-based. The statistical sample includes 440 individuals over 18 years old living in urban areas of Kurdistan province, who were selected using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The tool for this research was a questionnaire. The results of the research show that despite unsuitable conditions and limited environmental facilities in Kurdistan province, the responsible environmental behaviors of the studied individuals were at a high level. Furthermore, the findings indicate that the social capital of the studied individuals is near the average level. Hypothesis testing shows that there is a positive and direct relationship between social capital and environmental behaviors. In other words, with an increase in social capital, environmental behaviors also become more responsible. In conclusion, potential reasons for the low level of social capital were addressed.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Investigating the impact of social capital on environmental behaviors (Case study: Kurdistan Province) Sadegh Salehi *, Loghman Emamgholi ** (Date received 2012/03/07, Date accepted 2013/01/24) Abstract: The main objective of this research is to measure environmental behavior and identify the impact of social capital and its dimensions (social networks, social norms, and social trust) on environmental behaviors.
, implicitly deal with identifying the relationships between norms, values, and social structure, the concept of social capital possesses the necessary potential to advance research in the field of factors affecting environmental behavior based on networks, norms, values, and social trust within the social structure (and the current conditions of Iranian society) (Harry and Stephen 2008, Grafton and Knowles 2003, Asham et al.
Iranian Journal of Sociology, Volume Thirteen, Number 4 Table No. 11 shows the correlation coefficient between social capital and environmental behaviors.
2 Tolerance 3 Stepwise Method Iranian Journal of Sociology, Volume Thirteen, Number 4 Table No. 14: Effect coefficients of the final regression model of the research variables explaining environmental behaviors Coefficient Value Significance level Coefficient Variables 1 Beta (B) T test Significance Tolerance Constant value - 14/732 0/000 - Individual 0/93 0/000 4/325 0/203 norms Non-formal 0/95 0/002 3/184 0/148 networks Institutional trust 0/139 3/043 0/002 0/97 As observed in Table No. 14, the tolerance coefficient shows that the amount of multicollinearity among the variables is low.
Finally, the multivariate regression result shows that among the dimensions of social capital, individual norms in the province have the most relationship with environmental behaviors.
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