The causal model of tendency to high-risk behaviors in adolescents based on metacognitive beliefs and identity styles with role mediating of negative repetitive thoughts and resilience

The prevalence of risk-taking behaviors is a severe health threat. Therefore, present study aimed to causal model of tendency to high-risk behaviors in adolescents based on metacognitive beliefs and identity styles with role mediating of negative repetitive thoughts and resilience.

The quantitative - correlation method was used. The statistical population consists of all female students in Karaj city in year academic 2019-2020. In this study, according to convenience sampling method, 360 people female students by formula Kline (2016) were selected as samples. Sample research into scales were asked to Iranian adolescents risk-taking scale of Zadeh Mohammadi, Ahmadabadi, Heidar (2011), meta-cognitions questionnaire of Cartwright-Hatton & Wells (1997), revised identity style inventory of Berzonsky and et al (2013), repetitive thinking questionnaire-10 of McEvoy, Moulds & Mahoney (2014) and Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (2003). Data were analyzed by SPSS and AMOS-24 software, using Pearson correlation and structural model.

Findings showed that there was positive and significant correlation between metacognitive beliefs, normative, diffuse-avoidant identity style and negative repetitive thoughts with tendency to high-risk behaviors (p < 0/01). Also, findings showed that there was negative and significant correlation between information, commitment identity style and resilience with tendency to high-risk behaviors (p < 0/01). In this study, structural equations modeling showed that have a signification relationship between metacognitive beliefs and identity styles directly and indirectly related to mediating negative repetitive thoughts and resilience with high-risk behaviors in adolescents.