Social crisis (sc) is a condition that produces negative emotions about present, negative appraisals about future, and perceived uselessness of usual solutions, SC can lead to a frustration that, according to Bandora’s “social learning” theory, can cause a variety of reactions. Seemingly, they can be political (rebellion, revolution, and reform) or non-political (civic activism, social deviance, and mental disorder). Both political & non-political reations can be violent or peacful. Non-political re-actions, in turn, can be divided into the reactions directed inward or outward.
If all of these phenomena can be considered as reactions to SC,
1) an equilibrium among them can be hypothesized and
2) reactions with less costs may be considered as warnings for more costly reac¬tions in the future if the SC remains unresolved.
Current situation of Iran regarding addiction, suicide, quarrel murder, and mental disorders is described and the future is forecasted assuming the hypothesis as con-firmed. In previous studies relations among SC, frustration, and some of the infor- mentioned reactions have been evident, but other relations and other components of the hypothesis are yet to be studied more.
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