identify affecting factors on student’s environmental protection behavior

objective: the purpose of this study was to identify affecting factors on students’ environmental protection behavior (sipb). methods: statistical population of this research consisted of 1480 students in alborz agricultural technical higher education centers. a stratified random sampling method was used to select 145 student applying cochran's formula. the main tool to collect data was a researcher made questionnaire that content validity of the questionnaire was approved, by a panel of experts and exploratory factor analysis and its reliability, was confirmed by calculating cronbach's alpha coefficient (a = 0.71- 0.83). data was analyzed by spss software. results: results of factor analysis showed that four factors: environmental attitudes, environmental concerns, knowledge and educational content, explained 50.92 percent of the variance in the protective behavior variables. results of correlation analysis indicated a positive statistically significant relationship between environmental attitudes, environmental concerns, knowledge and educational content.