The Effect of Social learning on Environmental Destructive Behaviors in Farmers with Emphasis on the Role of Extension Training

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research

Seyed Ahmad Mir Mohamad Tabar ¹ , Mohamad Mazlom Khorasani ² , Mohsen noghani ³ , Ali Silanian tosi ⁴

1 - Graduate Student (Ph.D) of sociology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
2 - Professor of Sociology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
3 - Associate Professor of Sociology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
4 - Associate Professor of Sociology of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2018-03-03 Accepted : 2018-03-03 Published : 2018-02-20

Keywords: Environmental Destructive Beha, Social learning, Differential Associations, Farmers,

Abstract :

Social learning is one of the important ideas related to behavioral training in community members. Learning process has both positive and negative effects on environmental degradation behaviors. The purpose of this study was to investigate the positive and negative effects of learning and education on environmental destructive behaviors. The method of this research is descriptive correlations and the data was collected using a survey technique and a questionnaire tool. The statistical population of the study was farmers in the villages of Fereydonkenar Township of 6000 people. The sample size was calculated using Krejcie and Morgan table formula of 361 people. Sampling method is Multi-stage random sampling. The results of the study showed that the average of water and soil contamination behaviors in respondents is about 1.2 (out of 4) and the average use of chemical pesticides and deep wells is about 3.1 (out of 10). The results of structural equation model showed that the most effect on environmental destructive behaviors was related to severity of differential associations variables (β = 0.72), frequency association with friends (β = 0.26) and frequency association with family (β = 0.17).

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