Risky behaviors are defined as behaviors that put physical, psychological, and social health and wellbeing of individuals and society at risk. Adolescence, a period associated with extensive physical, psychological, and social changes, is prone to initiation of risky behaviors, particularly as a result of egocentrism and lack of understanding of one’s behaviors. Adolescents’ ten...

Introduction: High-risk behaviors following social problems have grown in all societies and in different age and sexual groups. These behaviors are intentional and the person has little control over their possible side effects, such as smoking, alcohol, drugs, psychotropic drugs, and performing early sexual behaviors. The aim of this study was to analysis family-based care and prevention strate...

Objective: The aim of this study was to develop an integrated psychotherapy model based on religious-psychological teachings with Islamic approach and evaluate its effectiveness on reducing the tendency to high-risk behaviors (tendency to use alcohol, drug, and cigarette) in adolescents. Method: The present study was quasi-experimental with pretest-posttest design with a control group. The stat...

Purpose: The present study was aimed to predict adolescents' tendency towards risk-taking behaviors based on self-efficacy and sensation seeking. Methodology: Research method was descriptive-correlational. The statistical population of the present study consisted of high school second-grade students in the fifth region off Tehran. From the schools of this region, two schools were randomly selec...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the mediating role of psychological distress in relations of early maladaptive schemas and negative emotion regulation to the tendency to high-risk behaviors (including substance and alcohol use) in students. Method: The present study was descriptive-correlational of structural equation modeling type. The statistical population included all seco...