Alexithymia and Perceived Loneliness is an alarm for girls tend to risk behaviors

For several reasons, risk-taking behaviors have increased among Iranian girls in recent years. Risk-taking behaviors endanger their physical, mental, and social health. The purpose of this study was to investigate effect of alexithymia and loneliness on high risk behaviors in female college students. This is a descriptive and correlational study. In order to do this research,530 female students recruited to complete electronic questionnaires such as Toronto Twenty Item Alexithymia Scale, Iranian Adolescents Risk-taking Scale and the social and emotional loneliness scale for adults (SELSA-S) that was response to participants through social networks (telegrams). Structural equations were used for data analysis. The results of this study showed that alexithymia directly and with combination to loneliness perceived have impacted on risk-taking behaviors. Loneliness directly was effective on the tendency toward high-risk behaviors that was negative. Alexithymia (difficulty in identifying and emotion regulation) causes girls to find problem in communication, and their loneliness can lead to risk-taking behaviors.