Individual and Family Factors of Vandalism in Adolescents Using Multiple Regression Model (Case Study: Students 12 to 17 Years Old)

The aim of this study was to identify individual and family factors affecting the vandalism behavior of adolescent high school students.

The research method was descriptive-correlational and the size of the population was 27,519 first and second grade high school students in District 2 of Rasht (12,977 girls and 14,542 boys) from 2017 to 2018. According to Morgan's table, 377 samples were selected by simple random sampling method and the questionnaire was researcher-made. The reliability of individual, family and vandalism questions was calculated by Cronbach's alpha test as 0.85, 0.894 and 0.873 and its validity was calculated as -0.21, 0.39, and -0.27 by HTMT method. Spearman correlation coefficient and multivariate regression with Spss software were used for analysis.

The constant value of B individual questions was positive for all questions of vandalism and its statistical significance with t test and α = 0.05 showed that the value of P value is less than the value of α = 0.05. However, most of the coefficients β1 to β9 of vandalism questions are negative and indicate a reduction of destructive behaviors by reducing individual problems. Also, the constant value of B family questions was positive for vandalism questions and the statistical significance of t-test showed that the value of P value was less than α = 0.05 in all cases. But most of the coefficients β1 to β16 are effective in negative destructive behavior and indicate a decrease in vandalism in exchange for reducing the effect of family problems.

As a result, in order to reduce vandalism, solving individual and family problems should be prioritized in order to reduce vandalism.