Future studies of psychological empowerment of villagers in hanging their livelihood pattern (case study: The Sistan area)

One of the approaches to attain psychological empowerment of villagers and change their livelihood pattern is to pay attention to their motives and motivations, which allows individuals who look forward to the future be filled with events, trends, prospects and actions plus their current demands based on future needs. Therefore, the main objective of this research study is to investigate future psychological empowerment of villagers in changing their livelihood pattern. The present study is an applied research study carried out in a descriptive-analytical manner in terms of its nature and method. The statistical population of the study consists of all rural households in the Sistan region, which is based on the year 2016 statistics with 60075 households in 796 rural areas. Initially, based on the Sharp formula, 40 villages were selected and the sample size was determined using the Cochran formula at 95% level of 321 households. They were randomly selected to complete the questionnaire. The collected data were analyzed using Pearson, regression and stepwise regression algorithms in the SPSS22 software package. The GIS10.1 software was used for spatial analysis and drawing maps. The results of this study showed that there is a meaningful relationship between rural empowerment of villagers and their livelihood pattern, such that psychological work with moderate intensity and variance of 45.5% is effective in changing the livelihood pattern of these villagers.