Analyzing the Causal link between Spirituality and Social responsibility of rural youth, 
Case Study: Ardabil City

heidari sarban, vakil

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Volume 13, Issue 4 (4-2025)

scds 2025, 13(4): 90-117

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Analyzing the Causal link between Spirituality and Social responsibility of rural youth, Case Study: Ardabil City

Vakil Heidari sarban

Professor of Geography and Rural Planning, Department of Geography and Rural Planning, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran.

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Social responsibility is not affected by an objective and external matter, but rather it is rooted in the subjective, self-centered, and internal matter of humans, meaning that unless the internal is reformed, social responsibility will not occur, and internal reform is rooted in the spirituality of humans. The purpose of this research is to explore the causal link between spirituality and social responsibility of rural youth in Ardabil County. This research is of an applied type in terms of its purpose and is descriptive-analytical and survey in terms of its nature and method. The statistical population studied in this research includes all rural youth in Ardabil County (N=49297), of which 382 people have been selected as a statistical sample using simple random sampling and based on the Cochran formula. In this research, the data collection method to answer the research questions has been applied in two forms: documentary (secondary data) and survey (primary data), and the tools used in the survey method are questionnaires and interviews. The pilot study was conducted in a similar area to the statistical population with 30 questionnaires. With the data obtained and using the special formula of Cronbach's alpha in SPSS software, the reliability of the different parts of the research questionnaire have been obtained from 0.73 to 0.88. The results of the Pearson correlation test show that except for the variables of optimism about the future, generating personal meaning, benevolence, living in the present, coming to terms with oneself, and winning one's own heart, not the hearts of others, there is a positive and significant relationship between all research variables. Finally, according to the analysis of the results, practical suggestions have also been provided.

Keywords: Ardabil city, Social responsibility of rural youth, Spirituality, Sustainable rural development.

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Special
Received: 2024/12/25 | Accepted: 2025/04/4 | Published: 2026/02/4

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