The Influence of Religiosity on the Social Responsibility of Youth with Mediation Role of the Universality (Case Study: the Youth between 18 to 29 Years Old from Yasouj City)

The purpose of this research is to study the influence of religiosity on the social responsibility of the youth with mediation role of the universality. The research method was survey-based and the questionnaire was used in order to collect data. The statistic population of this study consisted of the youth between 18 to 29 years old from Yasouj City with 20,000 people and then 377 individuals were selected as samples using Cochran formula. A multi-stage cluster sampling was used in four regions of the city. Descriptive results of the research showed that the extent of the social responsibility of the youth has been moderate to high in Yasouj.. Findings of the structural model of the study showed that there is a significant relationship between the religiosity and universality variables with the social responsibility of the youth (P<0.001). Also, there is a significant relationship between the religiosity and universality (β= 0.352 and P< 0.001). Religiosity, individually, has an influence 0.41 on the social responsibility of the youth but with mediation role of the universality, its influence might be 0.17. In general, the degree of the religiosity and universality influences on the social responsibility of the youth were 0.58 and 0.50 respectively and they all together were able to explain 56 percent of the changes in the social responsibility of the youth.