A Sociological Analysis of University Student's Deviant Behaviors

The present study has been done based on three theories, namely Hirschi’s Social Bond Theory, Gottfredson and Hirschi’s General Theory of Crime, and Agnew’s General Strain Theory, to investigate the effect of variables associated with these theories on deviant behavior among Tehran and Allameh Tabatabai university Students. To this end, attempt was made to develop a conceptual model based on the theoretical and empirical background of the present study for analyzing the structural relationships among the variables and constructs under investigation. Therefore, 440 students from the universities of Tehran and Allameh tabataba’i were selected using random sampling method, and the questionnaires were administered to them. Goodness of fit indices in the structural equation modeling showed that when general strain variables are considered as exogenous independent variables, self- control and social bond variables are considered as mediators variables and the deviant behavior variable is considered as the dependent variable, the model-data fit will besatisfactory, indicating fitness between the empirical data and the hypothetical model. Based on indirect and direct coefficients, general strain and its components and social bond have had the greatest role in accounting for the dependent variable, with self-control having the smallest effect.