The Examination of the Relation between Social Responsibility and Pro-social Behavior: Kermanshah as a Case Study

Subject Areas : ‌Family

ali moradi ¹ ( Department of Social Science, Eslam Abad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Eslam Abad-e-gharb. Iran. )
Mohammad Taghi Iman ² ( Shiraz )

Received: 2016-09-26 Accepted : 2017-01-04 Published : 2017-02-19

Keywords: Altruism, Social Responsibility, Pro-social Behavior,

Abstract :

The aim of this article is to examination of the relation between Social Responsibility and Pro-social Behavior in the town of Kermanshah. This research conducted based on survey method and with questionnaire among 19-35 years age old in the Kermanshah City. Sample contained 400 persons and selected through simple random sampling. Face validity have been used to verify the validity and alpha coefficients to assess the reliability of the measurement. Pearson correlation, analysis of variance and regression analysis were used to verify hypothesis and research model. According to the research findings, there is a significant relationship between education (r=o.49), income rate (r=-o.37), pro-social behavior to dimension of empathy(r= o.64), pro-social behavior to dimension of volunteer attitudes(r=o.54), pro-social behavior to dimension of altruism(r=o.23)and pro-social behavior to dimension of religious’ attitude(r=o.42) with youths pro-social behavior. Regression results show that the dependence variable is directly influenced by social responsibility (Beta =o.75), education (Beta =o.37), social class (Beta =o.32), sex (Beta =o.28), totally these four variables could predict 63% (percent) (r2 =o,63)of changes regarding dependent variable.