The role of early maladaptive schemas, coping styles and cognitive emotion regulation strategies in predicting students' tendency to addiction

This study examines the early maladaptive schemes, coping styles, cognitive emotion regulation strategies in predicting the male students' tendency to addiction.  The method of this study is descriptive-correlational. The population inclues male elite students of Sanandaj high schools of whom through the mono-stage cluster sampling, 250 were selected. In order to collect the data, tendency to addiction questionnaire (Yung), early maladaptive schemes questionnaire (Endler & Parker), Copying Styles Scale, and cognitive emotion regulation strategies were employed. Pearson's correlation analysis shows that copying styles with stress and cognitive emotion regulation strategies predict 46% of changes of students' tendency to addiction. In addition, the step by step regression analysis shows that affective coping style subscale, emotional and avoidance, cognitive regulation strategies of the excitement of self-denial, acceptance, making catastrophe and blaming others, emotional deprivation schemes, rejection/strain, social isolation/alienation, defamation/shame, self-transformed/captured, self-sacrifice, obedience, emotional restraint, stubborn standards, deserving/great secretary and inadequate self-control have a positive and meaningful relationship with tendency to addiction (p<0.5). These results have important implications for prediction, pathology, and prevention of addiction.