A Comparative Study of the Various Types of Norms Breakings among the Students: Students in the 3rd Year of Khwaf and Birjand High Schools

This researc h c enters on a c omparative study of various norms breakings among high-sc hool students in Khwaf town and Birjand c ity public sc hools. Sample population is drawn from the high sc hool (3rd year level) students studying in 2005 2006 educ ational year. Ac c ording to the population size of the c ities، the sample populations were dec ided at 250 and 300، based on the simple random sampling method. The research results showed that Khawf town students in c omparison with Birjand students were more c ommitted to the religious norms، had lower feelings of soc ial anomie، enjoyed less familial opportunities، stronger family، sc hool and soc ial ties، had fewer relationships with students who disregard the norms، and enjoyed lower soc ial and ec onomic status. These fac ts seem to reflec t the relatively more traditional structure of Khwaf. Moreover، in multi-variable regression analysis of the sample populations، in the Khwaf c ase، variables suc h as c ommitment to religious norms، familial and soc ial ties، and in the Birjand c ase، variables suc h as familial opportunities، ties with the high sc hool and ties with the soc iety showed more c ontribution to the explanation of the dependent variable (students norms breakings).