Predicting the tendency to risky behaviors in adolescent girls based on emotional dysregulation and self-differentiation

One of the factors that all societies, especially our society, are facing today and has become the basis for many problems, is the increasing tendency of teenagers to risky behaviors. The present study was conducted to predict high-risk behaviors based on emotional dysregulation and self-differentiation in adolescent girls. The method of the present research was a correlation.

The statistical population of the research included all teenage girls in Shiraz City, from which 200 people were selected as a sample using a multi-stage cluster sampling method. The data of the research was collected using the high-risk behavior questionnaire, the primary scale of difficulty in emotion regulation, and the self-differentiation questionnaire. Pearson correlation and multiple regression were used for data analysis.

The results showed that there is a significant relationship between emotional dysregulation and the tendency to risky behaviors, there is a significant relationship between self-differentiation and the tendency to risky behaviors, finally, the multiple correlation coefficient is equal to MR=0.404 and the coefficient of determination It was equal to RS=0.163, which was significant at p >0.017 level. In other words, 16.3% of the variance related to risky behaviors was explained by the mentioned variables.

Based on the results of this research, it is possible to predict the tendency of students towards risky behaviors using emotional dysregulation and differentiation.