Identifying and Explaining the Most Effective and Impressionable Components of Students' Tendency to Engage in Vandalism Using Fuzzy Dematel Method (Case Study: High School Students in Khorramabad)

Abstract

Student excitement has made vandalism a dominant phenomenon in schools across the country. Increase in this behavioral anomaly has raises edcuation costs. The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the most important factors impacting students' tendency to engaging in vandalism by Fuzzy Dematel method. Due to the complex and ambiguous structure of factors affecting students' vandalism, fuzzy DEMATEL method was used to analyze the data and identify the underlying factors.. In this study, the theoretical issues and possible factors influencing students' tendency to engage in vandalism are extracted through expert interviews. Participants in this study were 34 principals and assistant principals of high schools in Khorramabad who were selected by purposive sampling (Male = 18 people, female = 16 people). All the participants were in managerial ranks and had at least 15 years of relevant work experience. The data collection tool in this study relied on semi-structured interviews (the qualitative component) and a fuzzy Dimtel questionnaire designed by the researchers (the quantitative component). The results showed that panache, family education, mental emotions, location texture, peer group are the most effective factors shaping students' tendency to engage in vandalism.

Keywords

• vandalism
• social deviation
• students
• fuzzy dematel