Presentation of Addiction Potential Model based on the Dark Triple Attributes of Personality and Schematics Mentality in Youth with a History of Delinquency

The aim of this study was to presentation of addiction potential model based on the dark triple attributes of personality and schematics mentality in youth with a history of delinquency. A sample of 120 delinquent youth who had been convicted in Ardebil prisons in 1396 were selected by available sampling method. A addiction potential, dark triple attributes of personality and schematics mentality questionnaires were used for data collection. Data were analyzed by using of SPSS-16 software, based on factor analysis, regression and path analysis. The findings showed that the schematics mentality factors, antisocial personality, self-efficacy and makiowillism had the most effect on the readiness of addiction, respectively, with coefficients of influence of 0.478, 0.444, 0.335, and 0.391. It has a positive effect on the factors schematics mentality, anti-social character, and mechanization and for the negative effect on the self-made character. With regard to these coefficients of influence, a unit of change in schematics mentality causes 47.85 changes in readiness for addiction. Although both the components of the schematic mentality and the triple character traits have a significant effect on the readiness of addiction, but, given the impact factor, the triple character traits of the personality play a prominent role in preparing for addiction.