Younes Keihani Fard, Ali Salmani, Aysan Sharei,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (3-2024)
Abstract
Risky behaviors are common in adolescent populations worldwide. It is believed that the disturbance in emotion regulation and emotional inhibition leads to an increase in risky behaviors in teenagers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of metacognitive interpersonal therapy on the cognitive regulation of emotion and emotional inhibition in adolescents with high-risk behaviors. The method of semi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test with a control group was conducted on all girls with high-risk behaviors who referred to Tehran counseling center in 2022. 30 teenage girls with risky behaviors were included in the study. Controlled study. Participants were selected by purposive sampling method and randomly divided into two experimental and control groups (15 people in each group). After conducting the pre-test using Carver and White Behavioral Inhibition/Behavioral Activation Scale and Gross and John Emotion Regulation Questionnaire, the experimental group received metacognitive interpersonal training for 8 sessions of 90 minutes each week, while the control group received no training. did not. To evaluate the effect of training, a post-test was taken from both experimental and control groups. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS.23 software and multivariate covariance analysis method. The results showed that metacognitive interpersonal therapy caused a significant difference between the cognitive regulation of emotion and emotional inhibition in adolescents with high-risk behaviors. (P≥0.001). Based on these findings, it can be concluded that metacognitive interpersonal therapy has a positive effect on the cognitive regulation of emotion and emotional inhibition in adolescents with high-risk behaviors. Therefore, it can be said that this program can be used to help teenagers with risky behaviors.
Masoomeh Joharifard, Kianoosh Zahrakhar, Noorali Farrokhi, Mozhgan Mardanirad,
Volume 11, Issue 4 (3-2024)
Abstract
Abstract
The risk-taking behaviors have increased among Iranian girls in recent years and risk-taking behaviors endanger their physical, mental, and social health. Therefore, present study aimed to discriminational role of metacognitive beliefs, identity styles, negative repetitive thoughts, resilience in prediction tendency to high-risk behaviors in girls aged 16-18 years. The research design was a two-group diagnostic function. The statistical population consists of all girls students aged 16-18 years in Karaj city in year academic 2019-2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, 360 people female students by formula Kline (2016) were selected as samples and participants were divided into two groups (64 girls as high risk and 296 girls as normal). Participants responded to Iranian adolescents risk-taking scale of Zadeh Mohammadi and et al (2011), meta-cognitions questionnaire of Cartwright-Hatton & Wells (1997), revised identity style inventory of Berzonsky and et al (2013), repetitive thinking questionnaire-10 of McEvoy and et al (2014) and resilience scale of Connor and Davidson (2003). Data were analyzed by SPSS-24 software, using discriminant analysis method. The results showed that metacognitive beliefs, identity styles, negative repetitive thoughts, resilience can help to prediction tendency to high-risk behaviors. Function discriminant analysis assigned 98/1 percent of the normal girls and high-risk behaviors. Based on the results of the present study, metacognitive beliefs, identity styles, negative repetitive thoughts, resilience is an important step in identifying the factors that are effective in tendency to high-risk behaviors in adolescents. Therefore, the results study can be useful for the design and development of on tendency to high-risk behaviors in adolescent’s prevention programs.
