The role of Islamic lifestyle in the prevention of high-risk behaviors among adolescents in Tehran

Lifestyle is life itself in the present era and basically social lives are known and defined by different lifestyles. In Iran, there are two general approaches to lifestyle, which are mainly referred to as Western lifestyle or Islamic lifestyle. What is important in the context of lifestyle is the consequences of this lifestyle. Based on this, the aim of this research is to investigate the role of lifestyle with an emphasis on Islamic lifestyle in preventing the tendency of teenagers to engage in risky behaviors in the city of Tehran.

This research was conducted with a quantitative approach and in a survey method, and while applying the existing theoretical literature, the main variables of the research were indexed. The research sample consists of 390 adolescents aged 15 to 19 living in Tehran, who were estimated based on Cochran's formula, and the sampling method to obtain a representative research sample was quota sampling, and the collected data were analyzed with the help of Spss and Amos Graphics software.

The findings of the model test showed that the Islamic lifestyle with a coefficient of (0.40) has a direct and significant effect on the prevention of teenagers' tendency to risky behaviors, and this lifestyle is a kind of controller of the tendency to risky behaviors and prevents These behaviors occur among teenagers. However, due to its low coefficient (0.02), the western lifestyle has not been able to have a significant effect on the tendency to risky behaviors.