The Role of Self-efficacy in Predicting High-risk Based on Identity Styles and Parental Monitoring in Adolescents

Adolescence is one of the most critical periods of life. The most behavioral inconsistencies, including the tendency to risky behaviors, appear in this period. This research aimed at predicting high-risk behaviors based on identity styles and parental monitoring in adolescents with the role of self-efficacy as a mediator. The research design was descriptive-correlational. The population included all secondary school students of Kohpayeh city in the academic year of 2022. By multi-stage cluster random sampling, 260 people were selected as a sample. The research tools were risk-taking scales for Iranian teenagers, Brozensky's identity styles, Singer's parental monitoring and Sherer's general self-efficacy. Statistical analysis of the data was done by Pearson correlation method and path analysis. The results of path analysis showed that normative identity style, parental monitoring and self-efficacy had direct effects on high-risk behaviors. The results of the bootstrap test showed that the self-efficacy variable played a mediating role in the relationship between parental monitoring of identity style and risky behaviors. As a result, it is recommended to plan relevant institutions and educate parents, considering the important role of parental monitoring, self-efficacy level and adolescent's identity style in the occurrence of high-risk behaviors.