Surveying social factors effecting on norm violation among high school student in Kermanshah-region 2 at the years 2013-2014

Abstract

Norm violation is composed of two words; norm and violation, norm is the practical model of the person entering the group whichhave to follow. Cohen writes that "normis a fixed sample or standard action that must exist within a given culture. The question of the study is that what are the causes and context affecting the student's norm violations. Thus, the aim is identifying aspects of norm –violation and influential factors among students (male).So by studying the experts and schools of sociology and previous research on this subject, Durkheim's theory of pathology, Merton's theory of pathology, Travis Hirsch’s social control theory, the hypothesis were formulated. In this study, norm violation is the dependent variable and factors such as social control, educational dissatisfaction, lack of parent, training methods are the independent and effecting variables. The population of this research isstudents (male) studying in high school in Kermanshah, region 2 at the years 2013-14. Data collected and completed from 370 questionnaires. SPSS statistical software and Pearson tests to test interval variables, Spearman rank for ordinal variables and agreement coefficient C for nominal variables have been used. Findings suggest that there is a significant relationship between social control, educational dissatisfaction, training methods, family dimension and norm violation while the relationship between lack of parents and their norm violations could not be confirmed.