Document Type : Original Article
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PhD. Sociology, Social Sciences Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
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Professor of sociology, Social Sciences Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
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Associate Professor of sociology, Social Sciences Department, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Iran
10.22034/scart.2024.139606.1351
Abstract
Interactional approach to social deviations leads the definition of this concept and its control practices to the strengthening of cultural strategies in controlling deviant behaviors. Reintegrative shaming theory is one of the well-known cultural strategies in controlling deviant behaviors, which can be a breakthrough in the cultural-social context of Iranian society. This theory is concerned with the ways in which society responds to crime and the criminal; either by shaming them in stigmatizing ways or by reintegrating them. Therefore, the present article intends to achieve a deeper understanding of this theory by experimentally testing this theory while explaining the sociological behavior of deviant students. The findings of this article were collected by survey method and by completing the questionnaire, from 831 students of 5 selected public universities in Tehran. The results of the regression analysis show that stigmatization, deviant friends, adherence to moral values and shame displacement play a role in explaining deviant behaviors of students. In general, the results of the mean difference test prove that significant differences have been seen between male and female students in terms of independent variables, which means that the mean of shaming, reintegration, interdependency, shame acknowledgement, shame displacement, shame internalization and adherence to moral values in female students is more than male students. While the mean of communication with deviant friends is higher in male students than female, and also no significant difference in stigmatization has been observed between both sexes.
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