DEVIANT BEHAVIORSIN HIGHER EDUCATION AND PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION MODELS

A large percentage of college students with deviant behaviors, especially concerning learning and social relationshas been reported by many studies. This article reviewed the current situation of deviant behaviors among college students through studies conducted in Vietnam and the world, including common behavioral patterns and their prevalence. In addition, the article pointed out certain factors affecting students deviant behaviors, including the motivating factors as well as the inhibiting factors through the reward and cost mechanism, the learning mechanism, and learning engagement. Amid such situation, the article also introduced some direct and indirect prevention and intervention models for students deviant behaviors through learning from the experience of universities around the world, selecting those feasible and highly applicable to the Vietnamese environment.