Investigating the Relationship between Happiness and Environmental Attitude among Adults in Yazd City

Mozhgan Mojkar; Mohammad Ali Marvoti; Abbas Rahimi; Abulqasem Pourreza

doi:10.18502/jzms.v6i3.14798

Mozhgan Mojkar Department of Human Ecology, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Ali Marvoti Department of Geriatric Health, School of Health, Shahid Sadougi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
Abbas Rahimi Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abulqasem Pourreza Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/jzms.v6i3.14798

Keywords: Happiness; Environmental attitude; Yazd; Human ecology

Abstract

Background: Happiness, as one of the most important psychological needs of humans, may have an impact on the environmental behavior of people due to its major effects on the formation of human personality. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between happiness and environmental attitudes in adults of Yazd City in 2019.

Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on 230 people over 18 years of age in Yazd, and the sampling method in this study is simple random classification sampling and descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation), as well as Pearson correlation coefficient statistics and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, and Variance was used.

Results: The results of this study showed that there is a significant relationship between the level of happiness and the type of attitude of people, the type of attitude and residential area, the level of happiness and education of the people of Yazd city regarding the relationship between happiness and environmental attitude (p value ≤ 0.001). Finally, the variable of education and residential area affects the attitude toward the environment, and the results showed that these variables have a significant relationship.

Conclusion: The most important conclusion of this research is the huge impact of the residential area on happiness and environmental parameters, which shows the influence of humans on the residential environment. This study showed that happiness is related to the environment.