Explaining the environmental behavior of Shiraz youth through spiritual health

Explaining the environmental behavior of Shiraz youth through spiritual healthThese days, metropolitan areas face many environmental problems and Young people, through the role of capable actors in the community, can be the founders of the flow of awareness, positive social movement and appropriate environmental behavior in the field of environment. The aim of this study was to explain the environmental behavior of the youth of Shiraz through spiritual health. The statistical population was all the youth of Shiraz that using Cochran's formula, 400 people were selected as the sample size and selected using multi-stage cluster sampling method.. The research tool was a standard questionnaire that was developed using environmental behavior (Mirfardi etal, 2017) and spiritual health (Poltozion & Elison, 1983). Findings showed a positive and significant relationship between spiritual health and its dimensions (existential health and religious health) with environmental behavior. Among the contextual and demographic variables (level of education, level of education of parents, social class and gender) had a significant relationship with environmental behavior. According to the results of the study, it is suggested to find the identity of young people and increase their spiritual health, thus helping to reduce environmental problems and increase more responsible environmental behavior.