Factors affecting the tendency of young people to have an illicit relationship from the point of view of the youth of South Khorasan province

The deviation factors of teenagers and young people cause illicit relationships between boys and girls. Boys and girls can communicate with each other within the legal limits. Communication outside the legal rules of Islam is a sin and illegitimate. Based on this, the goal of the researcher is to investigate the factors affecting the tendency of young people to have an illicit relationship in South Khorasan province. According to the objectives, the research method is applied and according to the method of data collection, it is descriptive and survey. In order to collect information in a library format, as well as a researcher-made questionnaire on the factors affecting the illicit relationship was used. The studied population was all young people between 18 and 30 years old in South Khorasan province. The studied sample was estimated to be 420 people based on Cochran's formula, who were selected by random sampling. Descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation, frequency) and inferential statistics from linear regression test were used for analysis. The results showed that family, social, marriage, personal, communication factors cause illicit relationship among young people; But between environmental factors, age and education of young people, it was not significant with the illegitimate relationship of young people. Also, there is a tendency towards illicit relationship among young boys more than girls and among single young people more than married ones. Measures should be taken by educators, cultural, military and government officials so that youths and teenagers grow harmoniously and proportionately in various physical, sexual, intellectual, social, emotional and economic dimensions.