Identity-Styles and Risky Behaviors: The Mediating Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between Identity-styles and Risky Behaviors, with regard to the mediating role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies. This research was a basic study, administered in a correlational method. The statistical population were the students of Khayyam University in the year 2020, of which 200 students (67% female) and (33% male) were selected as the sample by Convenience Sampling method. The questionnaires used in this research were: the identity-style inventory (1998), Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire and Risky Behaviors Questionnaire. In order to analyze the data, the path analysis method was used and the results showed that the initial model of research was not significant. After modifying the model, based on removal of the normative identity-style path to risky behaviors, which was a weak path, the model had a great fit (CFI= 0/99, AGFI= 0/93, GFI= 0/99, RMSEA= 0/00, χ2/df= 1/56). Overall, it can be concluded that in relation to identity styles and risky behaviors, cognitive emotion regulation strategies have a significant mediating role