Investigate the relationship between High-risk behavior and virtual space and quality of life

study was to investigate the relationship between High- risk behavior and virtual space and quality of life in the tenth among grade boys and girls in Boukan city in the Academic year 96-97.

The research was applied in terms of purpose and in terms of collecting descriptive information of correlation type. The statistical population of this study included all 10th grade boys and girls in Boukan. A total of 400 students (170 boys and 230 girls) were selected based on multi-stage cluster sampling. The research tools were Mohammad Khani's High Risk Behavior Questionnaire, Purgholami's Cluster Questionnaire and Global Health's Quality of Life Questionnaire. Analysis method was Pearson correlation coefficient and multiple regression.

The results showed that there is a reverse and significant relationship between high risk behaviors and cyber dimensions with quality of life of students in the tenth grade. Also, the results of multiple regression showed that among the high risk behaviors, consumption of alcoholic beverages with the highest variance and relationship with the opposite sex with the least variance, as well as the dimensions of cyberspace, the conflict of values with the highest variance and social isolation with the least variance predicted. Changes in quality of life.

Therefore, Incompatibility technological changes and problems with emotional communication with parents increase high-risk behaviors such as consumption of alcoholic beverages and illicit sex. These behaviors, in turn, will reduce the quality of life and increase social isolation.