بررسی ارتباط اضطراب و افسردگی با وقوع رفتارهای پرخطر در نوجوانان شهر قزوین در سال 1394
1396/07/12 22:53:50
نوع همکاری : همکار
کارفرما : دانشکده پیراپزشکی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی قزوین
سال طرح : 1394
مشاهده سایر طرح های آمنه یعقوب زاده
Aim: Adolescence is a developmental period often associated with high-risk behaviors. While some risk-taking
behavior is considered normative in adolescents, research has indicated an association between risky behaviors
and mental ill-health. The current research aimed to examine the relationship between anxiety and depression
with the occurrence of high-risk behaviors in adolescents and also determine the predictive factors of these
main variables.
Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational design was used to collect data from 399 adolescents
between the ages of 14 and 19 residing in Qazvin, Iran using the Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale
(RCADS) and the Iranian Adolescents Risk-taking Scale (IARS) between the period of October and November
2015. Data analysis included descriptive and inferential statistics powered by SPSS (v. 23).
Results: Mean scores for anxiety, depression and risky behaviors were 37.70 ± 21.11 and 80.76 ± 31.30, respectively.
Participants’ frequency of suicidal thoughts (β = 0.126, p < 0.05) positively predicted anxiety and depression,
while age (β = −0.126, p < 0.01) and self-confidence (β = −0.307, p < 0.001) negatively predicted anxiety and
depression. Moreover, having friends that smoke (β = 0.366, p < 0.001), suicidal thoughts (β = 0.127, p < 0.01),
and the strength of suicidal thoughts (β = 0.100, p < 0.05) were positive predictors of occurrence of risky behaviors.
Furthermore, religious belief (β = −0.204, p < 0.001) negatively predicted occurrence of risky behaviors in
Iranian adolescents. Male respondents were more likely to have higher level of occurrence of risky behaviors
than females (β = −0.193, p < 0.001).
Conclusion: Findings of the present study suggest that anxiety and depression positively and significantly
predict the occurrence of risky behaviors in addition to having friends that smoke, suicidal thoughts, and strong
suicidal thinking. The implications of these findings have relevance for screening, prevention, and treatment
interventions targeting mental health in adolescents.