The predict addiction to cyberspace and tendency to high-risk behaviors based on emotional self-regulation in high school male students in Tehran

The purpose of this study was to predict addiction to cyberspace and tendency to high-risk behaviors based on emotional self-regulation in high school male students in Tehran.

The method of this research was correlational. The statistical population of this study was all male high school students in Tehran during the academic year of 2017-18. They were selected from the statistical population of Tehran city, district 18 of education and from all the schools of this educational area by cluster sampling method two high schools were selected and 150 students were selected in this study out of the student population of schools. In this study, the cyberspace addiction (Yang), Iranian youth risk assessment questionnaire and emotional self-regulation questionnaire (March) were used to collect the data. In order to analyze the research data, descriptive indexes such as mean and standard deviation, and statistical methods of multivariate regression analysis were used.

The results of the analysis of the research data showed that there is a significant negative relationship between cyberspace addiction and the tendency towards high-risk behaviors with emotional self-regulation of students , and tendency toward high-risk behaviors in comparison with addiction to cyberspace, Has a higher predictive value in the in students.

According to the results of this study, it is suggested that clinical school advisers and psychologists consider psychological variables such as emotional self-regulation to prevent Cyberspace addiction and tendency to high-risk behaviors