Investigating the rate of high-risk behaviors and measuring the family and educational factors affecting it in female students of Kerman

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 M. A. in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University of Kerman

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Islamic Azad University of Kerman,  Corresponding Author: asanatkhah@yahoo.com

Abstract

The current study examines the extent of students' high-risk behaviors and analyzes family and educational factors that influence the conduct of these behaviors in high school girl students in Kerman City (District 2) for the academic year 1397-1398. The family role and the school environment are regarded as social and educational variables. The statistical population of the study is consisted of 4309 people out of which 353 are selected as sample by cluster and a simple random sampling method. The statistical population of the study consists of 4309 people out of whom 353 were selected through cluster random sampling method. The statistical analysis was carried out using SPSS23 and AMOS22. The results indicated that the emotional responsiveness and behavior control in the family (with standardized regression coefficients 0.380 and 0.300) had the highest indirect effect on high risk behaviors of girl students respectively. The results indicated that the variables of emotional responsiveness and behavioral control in the family (with standardized regression coefficients of 0.380 and 0.300) had the highest indirect effects on high-risk behaviors of students. The behavioral control in the family showed the highest effect on high-risk behaviors with a regression coefficient of -0.34. Despite the low level of high-risk behavior of the student, the school and family had a positive effect on the reduction of high-risk behaviors.

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