Journal of Lifestyle

Journal of Lifestyle

Predicting the Tendency to High Risk behaviors based on Emotion Seeking andSelf-Efficacy among Students

Document Type : Scientific research

Authors
1 The author of the article, an MA. holder in general psychology, of Mohaghegh Ardebili University of Ardebil, Iran.
2 A faculty member of Gilan University, Gilan, Iran.
Abstract
In his research, the author has aimed at the prediction of the inclination of university students to embark on risky behaviors for excitement and self-competence. This project is of a solidarity kind. The statistical society included all the bachelor students of Payam Nur University of Ardebil in 2015-2016 academic years. The samples were 290 students selected simply at random from different departments. The means of research included the measure for the risk of Iranian youths (Muhammadizadah and Ahmandabadi 1390), the measure of excitement of Zukerman, and the measure of self-competence of Schwartz (1995).
The outcome of Pierson’s multiplier of solidarity suggested that the feeling of selfcompetence 0/38 and excitement 0/32 have a meaningful relation to risky behavior (P<0/01). The step by step regression analysis suggested that the feeling of selfcompetence explains 35 percent of the variance and the non-deterring of the elements of excitement explains 41percent of the variance of the inclination towards risky behaviors (P<0/001).
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Volume 2, Issue 2 - Serial Number 3
February 2017
Pages 99-112

  • Receive Date 02 December 2016
  • Revise Date 12 January 2017
  • Accept Date 19 January 2017