Mediating Role of Differentiation of Self in the Direct Relation Between Parental Bonding and Risky Behaviors Among Adolescents and Youths in Shiraz
| Author | Azita Mokhtari | en |
| Author | Masoud Mohammadi | en |
| Author | Parvin Afsar-Kazerooni | en |
| Author | Hadi Kajbaf Nejad | en |
| Author | Mohsen Ali Akbarpoor | en |
| Author | Nasrin Motazedian | en |
| Orcid | Nasrin Motazedian [0000-0001-9534-4014] | en |
| Issued Date | 2019-02-06 | en |
| Abstract | Background: Prevalence of risky behaviors among various classes of society, especially adolescents and youths, is a major social problem, which inevitably slows down the societal progress. Objectives: We aimed to investigate the mediating role of differentiation of self between parental bonding and risky behavior among adolescents and youths in Shiraz. Methods: This study included 560 adolescents and youths (aged from 15 to 35 years, average = 25.7, SD = 7.1; 67.7% males) with risky behaviors who were attending drop in center and Voluntary Counselling and Testing centers, those incarcerated, and those kept in the correctional and rehabilitation facilities 2013 - 2014. Questionnaires about parental bonding, self-differentiation, and risky behaviors were completed by the participants on a voluntary and confidential basis. Results: No significant correlation was found between parental bonding and risky behaviors in the adolescents and youths (t = 1.87). There was also no significant correlation between parental bonding and DS (t = 0.68). Moreover, there was no significant correlation between the differentiation of self and risky behaviors (t = 0.77). Conclusions: Differentiation of self hadn’t a mediating role between parental bonding and risky behaviors among the adolescents and youths in our study. | en |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.5812/semj.79389 | en |
| Keyword | Adolescent | en |
| Keyword | Health Risk Behaviors | en |
| Keyword | Parents | en |
| Keyword | Role | en |
| Publisher | Brieflands | en |
| Title | Mediating Role of Differentiation of Self in the Direct Relation Between Parental Bonding and Risky Behaviors Among Adolescents and Youths in Shiraz | en |
| Type | Research Article | en |
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