prediction of addiction potential based on intentional self regulation and positive youth development in high school students in Kermanshah city

The purpose of this study was to predict addiction potential based on intentional self-regulation and positive youth development  in highschool students in Kermanshah.

The research method was descriptive-correlational, and the statistical population included all high school students in Kermanshah. A sample of 198 people was selected through multi-stage cluster sampling. Participants completed  the positive  youth development scale (Goldhof et al., 2010), intentional self-regulation questionnaire (Freund and Balts, 2002) and addiction potential scale (Wade and Boucher, 1992) , then data were analyzed by SPSS version 25 software.

The results of simultaneous regression showed that intentional self-regulation and positive youth development could predict addiction potential.

The results showed that there is a reverse and meaningful relationship between intentional self-regulation and positive youth development with addiction potential, as well as inentional self-regulation and positiv eyouth development  can predict addiction potential in high school students. These results show that self-regulation skills training and the implementation of positive youth development programs can reduce the tendency of adolescence to addiction