Comparison of emotional distress tolerance, ambiguity tolerance, and emotional-social loneliness in students with high and low addiction potential in Gorgan

This study aimed to was the the study of Comparison of emotional distress tolerance, ambiguity tolerance, and emotional-social loneliness in students with high and low addiction potential in Gorgan. Comparative study and the study population comprised of students with high and low addiction potential. The sample size included 100 students (50 students with high addiction potential and 50 students with low addiction potential), were selected using multistage random sampling method. To measure was used questionnaires: the distress tolerance scale (DTS), Social-Emotional Loneliness Scale (SELSA-S), tolerance for ambiguity McLean (2008) and Addiction Potential Scale Weed and Butcher (APS) (1992)for data analysis, was used multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) and (ANOVA). The results indicated that difference significant at the 0.05 level between the sub-scales of Tolerance and Evaluation of emotional distress tolerance variable and Feeling romantic and family in students with high and low addiction potential.between social loneliness and tolerance of ambiguity was not a significant difference among students with high and low addiction potential.

Ambiguity tolerances, emotional distress tolerance, feel of loneliness emotional-social, students, addiction potential