Measuring the Rate of Awareness of Yazd University Students' Rights and Duties of Citizenship: Understanding the Sense of Collective Identity

The purpose of this study is to measure students' awareness about the rights and duties of citizenship and its related factors. The survey method is cross-sectional. Statistical population of Yazd University students is 383 of them using of Cochran formula. Stratified sampling method is selected as sample size. The data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose validity was assessed through content validity and reliability by calculating the Cronbach's alpha coefficient.The findings showed that students' awareness of citizenship rights is slightly higher than average and their awareness of citizenship duties is slightly lower than average, and between gender variables of students and their father's education, as well as the use of mass media and political participation with the amount Students' awareness of the rights and duties of citizenship is significant. In addition, there is a significant positive correlation between the sense of collective identity and the rate of awareness of the rights and duties of citizenship. As awareness grows, the sense of collective identity seems to increase, which will strengthen national identity, loyalty and social responsibility. In sum, the residual variables in the regression equation explain 8% of changes in awareness of citizenship rights and 28% of changes in awareness of citizenship duties.