Investigating Students’Vandalism and Some Factors Related to It (Case Study: Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University)

The present study aims to study students vandalism and its relation with the rate of using modern media (the Internet and allowed social networks), adherence to values (family, religious, and socio-cultural values) and the sense of anomie or anomalies (economic, social, cultural, and political anomies). The present study uses a survey research (with correlation design). The statistical population consisted of all 7000 students of AzarbaijanShahidMadani University in academic year 2017-2018. The sample size was estimated using Cochran formula as 364 participants who were selected via stratified sampling method. The data collection instruments were the Self-Report Vandalism Scale developed byAliverdinia et al. (2014), the Adherence to Values Scale developed by Rasoulzadeh Aghdam et al. (2015) and the Sense of Anomie Questionnaire of Naderi et al. (2010). Statistical analysis of the research findings was conducted via the Pearson correlation test, multivariate regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM) techniques. The results of the research indicated that there is a significant inverse correlation between adherence to values (family, religious, and social-cultural values) and students vandalism, while there is a direct correlation between the rate of anomie feeling (economic, social, cultural, political and anomie) and vandalism. In addition, there is a direct weak correlation between the use of students from the Internet and their vandalism. Moreover, independent variables in the research regression model can explain 21% of the variations in students’ vandalism