The relationship of emotional instability, pro-social behavior and aggression with addiction readiness of secondary High school boy students

This study aimed to investigate the relationship of emotional instability, pro-social behavior and aggression with addiction readiness of secondary High school boy students. This study was a descriptive retrospective one with correlational design. The statistical population consisted of all secondary high school boy students (N=3000) in Quemshahr, out of which 382 students were selected by a random multi-stage cluster sampling, and were asked to fill in emotional instability (Barbareny et.al), pro-social behavior (Kaprar et.al) and aggression (bass and perry), readiness to addiction (Zargar et.al) questionnaires. The data were analyzed using simple and multiple linear regression. Findings: The results showed that all of predictor variables have a significant role in readiness to addiction (P <0.001). Further, results of multiple regression showed the predictor variables jointly are able to explain the variance of readiness to addiction significantly, so that. The pro-social behavior with the higher amount of Beta (β=0.67) also was the best predictor of readiness to addiction. based on the results, the improvement of prosocial behavior, and reduction of emotional instability and aggression seem necessary.