The relationship between psychological cohesion and distress tolerance with a tendency to high-risk behaviors in high school students

Authors
akbar jadidi mohammadabadi 1
Mohammad Ahmadi Deh Qutbaddini 2
Fatemeh rashidipoor 2
1 Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
2 Islamic Azad University Islamic Azad University
Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between psychological cohesion and distress tolerance with a tendency to high-risk behaviors in high school students. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and terms of data collection, it was descriptive correlational research. The statistical population included all high school students in the city of Anar, which according to the statistics of the Pomegranate Education Department was 1400 people. The sampling method was available and the number of samples was 302 based on Krejcie and Morgan's table. After selecting two girls 'schools and two boys' secondary schools, the samples were taken with the cooperation of the school principal and teachers. Subjects answered the questionnaires about high-risk behavior, feeling of cohesion, and tolerance of anxiety. Testing the research hypotheses, inferential statistical methods including correlation coefficient and regression were used. Findings showed that there is an inverse relationship between psychological cohesion and anxiety tolerance with high-risk behaviors. In other words, by strengthening psychological cohesion and anxiety tolerance in students, the tendency to high-risk behaviors can be reduced.
Keywords
Psychological Cohesion
distress tolerance
The Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors
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Educational Research
Volume 15, Issue 49 - Serial Number 21
November 2024
Pages 164-182