Structural relations of tendency to use drugs in adolescents: the mediating role of self-expression about problem-solving styles and tolerance of emotional distress
Subject Areas : Psychological Models and Methodsنیلوفر میکاییلی 1 , Ali BeheshtiMotlagh 2 , gholamreza Sheikhzadeh 3
1 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran.
3 - Master Student, Faculty of Educational Sciences and Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch, Ardabil, Iran.
Keywords: Adolescents, Substance Consumption, Emotional Tolerance, Emotional Expression, Problem-Solving.,
Abstract :
Introduction: Substance use in adolescents has become an international problem with high individual and social costs. Adolescents who use substances are more likely to suffer from behavioral disorders and mental health problems. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the structural relationships of substance use based on problem solving and distress tolerance with the mediating role of assertiveness in adolescents..
Methods: The method of this correlational study was structural equation modeling. The statistical population of the study was students studying in the first and second secondary schools of Bojnourd in the academic year 1401-1402, from which 207 students were selected by multi-stage cluster sampling method and participated in the study. Data were collected using the Farjad Addiction Tendency Questionnaire, the Heppner and Petersen Problem Solving Inventory, the Simmons and Gaher Distress Tolerance Scale and the Gambrill and Ritchie Assertiveness Inventory. The data were analyzed using structural modeling in the software Spss-23 and Lisrel-8.8.
Findings: The findings showed that there was a significant negative relationship between the tendency to use drugs with the problem-solving, emotional distress tolerance and assertiveness in adolescents. The results of the structural analysis showed that in addition to the direct effect, problem solving and emotional distress tolerance also indirectly affect the tendency to use drugs through assertiveness.
Conclusion: Strengthening assertiveness components along with improving problem-solving strategies and distress tolerance can serve as effective preventive mechanisms in reducing substance use.
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