Predicting the Tendency towards High-Risk Behaviors of Afghan Teenagers Living in Iran based on the Style of Coping with Stress, Resilience and Belligerence

Adolescence is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood, and important behavioral patterns that can affect a person's life throughout life are formed in this period. When adolescents cannot successfully overcome crises and transformational challenges, they will experience psychological distress. And a lot of disorders will appear in their daily life in emotional, social and cognitive aspects, as a result of which, the personality of these people will be disturbed. The researches have shown that in recent years, risky behaviors have become more prevalent among teenagers. Risky behaviors are destructive behaviors that lead to negative consequences and create problems for the individual and sometimes cause irreparable damage to other members of the society as well (Korn, Bonnie-Noach, ۲۰۱۸). In our country, the growth of these behaviors has also been seen in the studies conducted. (Momen Nasab et al., ۲۰۱۴). Therefore, the present research was conducted with the aim of predicting the tendency towards high-risk behaviors of Afghan teenagers living in Iran based on the style of dealing with stress, resilience and belligerence. The statistical population in the current study is all Afghan teenagers, in order to selecting the member of the sample group with the coordination of the head of Sobh Afarinesh Institute in Shiraz and taking into account the average ratio of the sample size to the number of observed variables and free parameters, ۹۳ Afghan teenagers participating in the summer classes, students were selected by available sampling method. The method used in the current research is descriptive-correlation type. To collect data, the stressful situations questionnaires (CISS), Connor and Davidson Resilience Questionnaire (CD- RISC), McConkey's ۴۴-question belligerence questionnaire and Iranian adolescents' risk-taking scale (IARS) were used. Pearson's correlation coefficient and simultaneous multiple regression were used to analyze the data. In addition, the significance level for all hypotheses was considered ۰.۰۵. The results obtained from the research showed that: There is a positive and significant correlation between high-risk behaviors and emotion-oriented coping style, also there is a negative and significant correlation between high-risk behavior of drug use with problem-oriented coping style and resilience, and there is a positive and significant correlation with belligerence.

Keywords:

High-Risk Behaviors , Stress Coping Style , Resilience , Belligerence , Afghan Teenagers Living in Iran