The survey on Effect of Conflict with Parents on High-Risk Behaviors among youth (case study: high school students of Amol)

Subject Areas : Sociological Studies of Youth

Sepide Nasiri ¹ , Nemat Sotoudeh ² , Faezeh Jahan ³ , Ali Firouzjaeian ⁴

1 - Department of Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology , Semnan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran
4 - social science,university of mazandaran, mazandaran.Babolsar, iran

Received: 2023-03-29 Accepted : 2023-05-02 Published : 2022-12-01

Keywords: Students, Amol, high risk behavior, conflict with family,

Abstract :

Nowadays, youths have the important portion of population in Iran that confront with types of social harms. High risk behavior is one of them. High-risk behaviors are defined as acts that increase the risk of disease or injury, which can subsequently lead to disability, death, or social problems. the article tries to examine effect of parent conflict on High-Risk Behaviors among youth in Amol city. Research method in the article was survey. statistical sample was 384 student that selected by multi-level sampling with emphasis on cluster sampling. Data gathered by questionnaire. The test presents that conflict with parent has significant relation at 0/01 with all dimensions of dependent variable (high risk behavior). Coefficient Of Determinations is R2=0.34. conflict family variable has meaningful and positive effect on risky behavior (Beta=0.58). more conflict with family, more tendency to risky behavior among student.so they show lower tendency to self-care. family educational role and manner of their socialization have important role in youth self-care. Youths' interaction quality with parent affect in prevention of social harms, so it is necessary for family to manage their relation with children in correct path.