The relationship between high-risk behaviors and depression: a study among the students of Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Behzad MAHAKI ◽  
Youkhabeh MOHAMMADIAN ◽  
Afshin ALMAS ◽  
Parisa POURNAZARI
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals The Mediating Role of Alexithymia in the Relationship Between Defense Mechanisms and Tendency to High-risk Behaviors Among Adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36
Author(s):  
Zahra Nikmanesh ◽  
◽  
Mehdi Darvish Molla ◽  
Mehrnosh Mehranfard ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Path Analysis ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Defense Mechanisms ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Although high-risk behaviors lead to adverse physical, psychological, and sociological consequences, less attention has been paid to identifying their related factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of alexithymia in the relationship between defense mechanisms and high-risk behaviors among adolescents in Zahedan. Methods: In this descriptive-correlative study, junior and senior high school students of Zahedan, Iran were studied in the academic year 2015-2016. A sample of 250 (125 males and 125 females) students were chosen by multi-stage cluster sampling and asked to complete the Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ), Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS), and the Risk-Taking Scale (IARS) for Iranian Adolescents. Data analysis was conducted by measuring coefficients of correlation and performing a path analysis. Results: Path analysis showed a significant correlation between defense mechanisms and alexithymia (P<0.01) and a significant correlation was found between immature defense mechanisms and high-risk behaviors (P<0.01). Conclusion: In the relationship between dysfunctional defense mechanisms and high-risk activities, alexithymia played a mediating role. It can be inferred that dysfunctional defense mechanisms play a key role in high-risk activities by influencing alexithymia.

scholarly journals A Study on Cultural Capital and High-Risk Behaviors of College Students in Iran

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-193
Author(s):  
Samaneh Naseri
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Economic Capital ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe term cultural capital has gained a widespread popularity as an analogy with economic capital, and capitalism rules and debates since the early 1970s. Essentially, cultural capital is not inherited, yet it is achieved through personal endeavors. Acquisition of cultural capital demands an incessant and hard work in addition to lifelong learning and acculturation. Hence, the present study examines the relationship between forms of cultural capital and high-risk behaviors of Iranian college students. The impact of each form on the incidence of high-risk behaviors is measured. A survey consisting demographical items, and items assessing cultural capital and tendency towards high-risk behaviors are applied. The results suggest a meaningfully negative relationship between sub-types of cultural capital and high-risk behaviors among undergraduate students in Iran. So, the author concluded that with an increase in cultural capital and the sub-types, the incidence of high-risk behaviors decreases consequently.

scholarly journals An indirect estimation of the population size of students with high-risk behaviors in select universities of medical sciences: A network scale-up study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. e0195364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Homeira Sajjadi ◽  
Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari ◽  
Mohsen Shati ◽  
Yahya Salimi ◽  
Masoomeh Dejman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Scale Up ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Indirect Estimation ◽  
Network Scale ◽  
Scale Up Study

AIDS, High Risks Behaviors, and Moral Judgments

1989 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 325-335
Author(s):  
Earl E. Shelp
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Moral Judgments ◽  
Moral Imperative ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Aids Pandemic ◽  
The Relationship

Explores Christian moralities as they relate to the contemporary AIDS pandemic and claims agape as a moral imperative for the Christian in facing the challenge. Explicates the relationship between high risk behaviors and moral judgment and draws out the implications for pastoral ministries to AIDS clients and patients.

scholarly journals Investigating the Relationships Between Spiritual Well-Being and Other Well-Being Dimensions, and Attitude Toward High-Risk Behaviors in Adolescents, with Emphasis on the Mediating Role of Personality Traits

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatima Vaezipour ◽  
Mohammad-Kazem Atef-Vahid ◽  
Mehdi Amini ◽  
Abbas Ramezani Farani
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Well Being ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Adolescent Risk ◽  
Spiritual Well Being ◽  
The Relationship

Background: Research indicates the increasing prevalence of high-risk behaviors among adolescents, which may have many causes. Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between spiritual well-being and other dimensions of well-being and the tendency for high-risk behaviors in adolescents, with an emphasis on the mediating role of personality traits. Methods: This is a descriptive and correlational study. The statistical population of the study consisted of all high school students in the second semester of the academic year 2018 - 2019 in the city of Tehran. Data collection tools were Spiritual, Psychological, Social, and Physical Well-being questionnaires, Iranian Adolescent Risk questionnaire, and PID-5 Personality Characteristics questionnaire-short version. SPSS V.22, R programming V.3.6, and AMOS V.24 were used to analyze the data. Results: The results showed that there is a significant relationship between spiritual well-being and other aspects of well-being, i.e., physical health (r = 0.28), social well-being (r = 0.39), psychological well-being (r = 0.44), with P < 0.01 for all. There was also a significant negative relationship between spiritual well-being and components of high-risk behavior (r = 0.48, P < 0.01). In addition, personality traits were found to play a significant role as a mediating variable in the relationship between spiritual well-being and high-risk behaviors. Conclusions: Spiritual well-being is a factor affecting other aspects of well-being and reducing risky behaviors, and personality traits play an important role in mediating the relationship between spiritual well-being and other dimensions of well-being and high-risk behaviors.

The relationship between anxiety, depression and risk behaviors in adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ali Soleimani ◽  
Saeed Pahlevan Sharif ◽  
Nasim Bahrami ◽  
Ameneh Yaghoobzadeh ◽  
Kelly A. Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Risk Taking ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Risky Behaviors ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Anxiety Depression ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Aim Adolescence is a developmental period often associated with high-risk behaviors. While some risk-taking behavior is considered normative in adolescents, research has indicated an association between risky behaviors and mental ill-health. The current research aimed to examine the relationship between anxiety and depression with the occurrence of high-risk behaviors in adolescents and also determine the predictive factors of these main variables. Methods A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design was used to collect data from 399 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 19 residing in Qazvin, Iran using the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) and the Iranian Adolescents Risk-taking Scale (IARS) between the period of October and November 2015. Data analysis included descriptive and inferential statistics powered by SPSS (v. 23). Results Mean scores for anxiety, depression and risky behaviors were 37.70 ± 21.11 and 80.76 ± 31.30, respectively. Participants’ frequency of suicidal thoughts (β = 0.126, p < 0.05) positively predicted anxiety and depression, while age (β = −0.126, p < 0.01) and self-confidence (β = −0.307, p < 0.001) negatively predicted anxiety and depression. Moreover, having friends that smoke (β = 0.366, p < 0.001), suicidal thoughts (β = 0.127, p < 0.01), and the strength of suicidal thoughts (β = 0.100, p < 0.05) were positive predictors of occurrence of risky behaviors. Furthermore, religious belief (β = −0.204, p < 0.001) negatively predicted occurrence of risky behaviors in Iranian adolescents. Male respondents were more likely to have higher level of occurrence of risky behaviors than females (β = −0.193, p < 0.001). Conclusion Findings of the present study suggest that anxiety and depression positively and significantly predict the occurrence of risky behaviors in addition to having friends that smoke, suicidal thoughts, and strong suicidal thinking. The implications of these findings have relevance for screening, prevention, and treatment interventions targeting mental health in adolescents.

The SRM Approach to Family Assessment

2005 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 216-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
William L. Cook
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Family Relationships ◽  
Family Dynamics ◽  
Family Assessment ◽  
High Risk Behaviors ◽  
Analysis Group ◽  
The Social ◽  
Direction Of Effects

Abstract. In family systems, it is possible for one to put oneself at risk by eliciting aversive, high-risk behaviors from others ( Cook, Kenny, & Goldstein, 1991 ). Consequently, it is desirable that family assessments should clarify the direction of effects when evaluating family dynamics. In this paper a new method of family assessment will be presented that identifies bidirectional influence processes in family relationships. Based on the Social Relations Model (SRM: Kenny & La Voie, 1984 ), the SRM Family Assessment provides information about the give and take of family dynamics at three levels of analysis: group, individual, and dyad. The method will be briefly illustrated by the assessment of a family from the PIER Program, a randomized clinical trial of an intervention to prevent the onset of psychosis in high-risk young people.

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