Geography and Human Relationships

Geography and Human Relationships

Explaining the Environmental Superstitions of Villagers and the Factors Influencing their Tendency Case study: Villages in the Central Part of Ardabil

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Ph.D. student in Urban Planning Geography, Faculty of Humanities, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran
2 Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran
10.22034/gahr.2024.472709.2232
Abstract
Superstitions in any society are considered a negative category of the dimensions of the spiritual culture of that society, which affects the social strata of the society with the consequences of social and environmental damage and in various forms according to time and place; Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of explaining the environmental superstitions of the villagers and the factors influencing their tendency in the villages of the central part of Ardabil. The research method in this research is based on the objective of the applied type and based on the method of collecting descriptive information of the survey type. The statistical population of the research includes rural households in the central part of Ardabil city. For sampling, stratified (multi-stage) method was used, and using Cochran's formula, the sample size of households was equal to 360 households, and questionnaires were distributed among the studied villages according to the number of households. To analyze data, Pearson's correlation test and ISDM method were used in SPSS software and structural equation test was used in Lisrel software. The results showed that 10.28 percent of villagers have weak perception, 40.30 percent have moderate perception, 28.61 percent have strong perception and 20.83 percent have very strong perception regarding environmental superstitions. There is a significant relationship between gender, age group, education and occupation of villagers and tendency towards environmental superstitions. So that people of younger age and with higher education (bachelor's degree and above) and government employees have the least inclination towards environmental superstitions. Also, the results showed that social factors (with an effect coefficient of 0.951), cultural factors (with an effect coefficient of 0.819), psychological factors (with an effect coefficient of 0.709), and economic factors (with an effect coefficient of 0.702)
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 29 August 2024

  • Receive Date 10 August 2024
  • Accept Date 29 August 2024