title: School vandalism: individual and social context.
abstract: Six hundred Israeli students responded to a questionnaire dealing with five motives for participating in vandalism: anger/frustration, boredom, erosion, aesthetics, and catharsis (Cohen, 1984). As we did not find a coherent pattern, we created a variable comprising all five motives: general motivation. Four factors accounted for motivation to participate in destructive behavior: perceived level of vandalism at school, attitude toward school, attitude toward teacher, and school anxiety. Punishment, father's level of education, sense of hope, and class level did not have an effect on motivation to participate in vandalism. It was concluded that the social context is a crucial element in school vandalism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O.B. 653, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel. tamarh@bgumail.bgu.ac.il
authors.forename: Tamar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Horowitz
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tobaly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*