Investigating social factors related to the tendency of students to abnormal behavior (Study of female students in secondary school in Ahar)

This study aimed to investigate the social factors related with the tendency of students to abnormal behavior.  The population consisted of all secondary school students in Ahar among whom 280 students were selected through stratified sampling method, and required information is collected using a questionnaire technique.Based on the results of the bivariate and multivariate analysis, there is statistically significant relationship between the variables of school commitment, family commitment, family intimacy, having deviant peers, perceived discrimination in the school, location, grade and parent’s socio- economic status with student tendency to abnormal behavior.  Based on the beta coefficient standards, variables of commitment to the school and family have had the highest negative correlation with the tendency to abnormal behavior that explained 30 percent of criterion variables. In total, about 46% of the changes of tendency to abnormal behavior predicted by these variables.