انگيزه و رضايتمندي مشاركت كنندگان در انقلاب اسلامي

Motivation And Satisfaction of the Participants in the Islamic Revolution

The motive of the participants in the revolutionary activities in the years 1356-57 (1977-78) as well as their present satisfaction with the occurrence of the revolution was studied in a research which resulted in the present paper. The research adopted a surveying method with 500 samples from individuals of more than 45 years of age who had been selected by a quota method. The results of the research showed that 42% of the participants in the revolution had the motive of safeguarding the Islamic values, 20% were not satisfied with the Shahʹs regime and 7.3% sought better economic conditions. Some 38% of the respondents believed that political objectives of the revolution have been materialized more than other objectives while 62% were much satisfied with the occurrence of the revolution and satisfaction of 20% of them was at a medium level. The relation between the religiousness and achievement of the goals of the revolution from the point of view of the respondents as well as their satisfaction with the occurrence of the revolution were also confirmed.