Abstract
The present study was aimed to investigate the Vandalysm at the Islamic Azad
University of Mashhad. The study employed survey study design and Stratified random
sampling technique was employed for sample selection. The population consisted of 328
students of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad in the second semester of Academic year
2012-13 which recruited bythe Researcher made Inventory. To assess the relaiability,
Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used and validity wasmeasured by the content
validity.Cronbach's alpha coefficient of research questions was(680/0). Spearman's
correlation coefficient, linear regression and Comparison of Means were used to test the
hypotheses. All these statistical calculations were done through SPSS for windows
(version 16.0). The results showed that: a) Overhalf of the respondentshaveneverhad
Vandalisticbehavior. b)There is adirect and significant relationshipbetween thesense
ofanomie andVandalistic behavior.c) There is adirect and significant
relationshipbetween the tendency todeviategroupsandVandalistic behavior.d) There is
adirect and significant relationshipbetween themembranceof deviategroupsand
Vandalistic behavior.e) There is adirect and significant relationshipbetween thebully
behavior, intertaintment andVandalistic behavior.Results of regression analysisshow
that various aspects ofindependent variablealone can explain the24% of thetotal
variation of vandalistic behaviors, andthe rest is the contribution of
othervariables.Bully behavior, intertaintmentandmembrance of deviategroups have
highestimpact on vandalisticbehaviorrespevtively
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