Abstract:
Objectives: Adolescents are the most vulnerable group of the society when it comes to risky behaviors. As a consequence of their volatile behavior during adolescence they are more likely to behave in ways that threatens their ongoing physical and psychological health and their future. The current study was designed to examine the association between the emotional expressiveness style and addiction potential among male high school students. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 male high school students that had been selected through multi-stage random sampling from Karaj city’s at-risk high schools. The research tools consisted
of: a) the researcher-made demographic questionnaire, b) addiction potential scale, c) emotional
expressiveness questionnaire. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis of variance
(MANOVA) were used for data analyzing. Results: Based on the results, emotional expressiveness and its components were negatively and significantly associated with addiction: ‘expression of positive emotion’ (p=0.001), ‘expression of negative emotion’ (p=0.001), and ‘expression of intimacy’ (p=0.001). ‘Expression of positive emotion’ plays a more significant role in predicting addiction potential. Addiction potential was significantly associated with familial economic status (p=0.024).
Discussion: On the whole, our results underscore the significance of emotions and emotional
expressiveness in predicting addiction potential in adolescents. Therefore, it is essential to educate
adolescents during their schooling years to prevent this phenomenon.
Machine summary:
Iranian Rehabilitation Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 4, Winter 2015 Original Article The Association between Emotional Expressiveness Style and Addiction Potential in Male High School Students Younes Doostian; Moslem Arian; Omid Massah Substance Abuse and Dependence Research Center University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran Naser Heidari* Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Mohammad Jalalvand Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Masood Ahovan Allameh Tabataba'ei University, Tehran, Iran Objectives: Adolescents are the most vulnerable group of the society when it comes to risky behaviors.
The current study was designed to examine the association between the emotional expressiveness style and addiction potential among male high school students.
Results: Based on the results, emotional expressiveness and its components were negatively and significantly associated with addiction: ‘expression of positive emotion’ (p=0.
According to researches negative emotions like aggression during adolescence can pave the way for delinquency, conduct disorder, maladjustment in school and addiction during youth (14).
Regression model, variance analysis, statistical indices of addiction potential on emotional expressiveness style Model Predictive variable df sig f r r2 beta Estimation Error Step 1 EPE 1 0.
It seems that adolescents who freely express their positive and negative emotions act better when faced with risk factors that encourage opiate substance abuse, which lowers their addiction potential.
Based on our results, emotional expressivity is an important factor in predicting addiction potential among Iranian adolescents.