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Effective Factors on Vandalistic Behavior among High School Students in Ahwaz City
Seyed Abdolhosein Nabavi , Saham Salemian , Bahar Habibian
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This paper studies the effecting factors of occurrence in Vandalistic behavior of male and female students of Koutabdollah district of Ahwaz. According to the considered theories, the relationship between gender, socioeconomic status, educational achievement, interpersonal variables (including feelings of relative deprivation, discrimination, self-esteem, continence), and social link (home, school& friends) with incident Vandalistic behaviors are investigated. 

Survey method is used and to select the statistical sample, classified random sampling method is applied and sample size of 385 students was selected using Cochran formula. Data collection tool in this study was questionnaire and the hypotheses are analyzed using Pearson's correlation test, T test and multi-factorial regression. Results illustrate that with the exception of gender, there is relationship between all mentioned variables with Vandalism. As the research model could specify 50 percent of the independent variables variance with dependent variables, we can claim that it has a noticeable predictive power.

 

Keywords: Vandalism, Vandalistic Behavior, Social Deviance, Crime, Ahwaz, Koutbdallh.
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Type of Study: Research | Subject: General
Received: 2012/09/8 | Accepted: 2012/12/10 | Published: 2013/06/20


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