Background: It seems not only awareness of the citizenship rights help individuals to achieve their rights better, but makes others' rights are respected and their right to be given. To examine this issue, this research was conducted to investigate the relationship between awareness of citizenship rights (civil, political and social) and social behavior of students.
Methods: The study is correlation. The statistical population included the university students of Behshahr and Neka branches of Islamic Azad Universities. The sampling technique was random classification among which 327 were selected randomly. The data gathering tools was two researcher made questionnaires. One used to measure the amount of students awareness of citizenship rights and the other one assessed students social behavior related to citizenship right. In order to analyse data Pearson correlation and multiple regressions were used.
Results: The results revealed that there were statistically significant relationship between citizenship rights with social behavior and three scales of citizenship rights (social, civil and political) were significant predictors of social behavior.
Conclusion: The results were clear that students’ social behavior is a reflection of awareness of their citizenship rights. So it revealed that for behavior commited to human rights, it is necessary to be aware of the rights contained in the constitution.