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Samadi E, Ahmadi S. Structural Relationship Pattern of Family Functioning and Propensity for Tendency Toward High-Risk Behaviors with the Mediating Role of Emotional Schemas in Male Students: A Descriptive Study. JRUMS 2025; 24 (8) :727-742
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Assistant Professor, Dept, of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
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Structural Relationship Pattern of Family Functioning and Propensity for Tendency Toward High-Risk Behaviors with the Mediating Role of Emotional Schemas in Male Students: A Descriptive Study
Elahe Samadi[1], Shirin Ahmadi[2]
Received: 09/08/25 Sent for Revision: 07/09/25 Received Revised Manuscript: 11/10/25 Accepted: 12/10/25
Background and Objectives: Adolescence is one of the most sensitive periods of development that makes an individual susceptible to risky behaviors. Meanwhile, family functioning and emotional schemas play an important role in the formation or prevention of these behaviors. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the structural relationship pattern of family functioning and the tendency toward high-risk behaviors, with the mediating role of emotional schemas, among male students.
Materials and Methods: The present study employed a descriptive-correlational design within the framework of structural equation modeling (SEM). The statistical population consisted of all male students in the senior public high schools in Karaj during the 2024-2025 academic year. A total of 211 students were selected through cluster random sampling and responded to standardized scales measuring the tendency toward tigh-risk behaviors, family functioning, and emotional schemas. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed for the analysis of the collected data.
Results: The results of structural equation modeling indicated that family functioning had a significant negative direct effect on risky behaviors (β=-0.37; p<0.001) and emotional schemas (β=-0.65; p<0.001). In addition, the indirect effect of family functioning on risky behaviors through emotional schemas was also significant (β=-0.28; p<0.001).
Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that family functioning influences adolescent's risky behaviors both directly and indirectly through emotional schemas, and that emotional schemas are significant predictors of such behaviors. Accordingly strengthening adolescent's emotional skills, educating parents, and enhancing school counselor's awareness can play an effective role in reducing risky behaviors and promoting adolescent's mental health.
Keywords: High-risk behavior tendency, Family functioning, Emotional schemas, Adolescents, Karaj
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Brench, approved the study (IR.IAU.ARDABIL.REC.1404.096).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Shirin Ahmadi
- Methodology: Shirin Ahmadi
- Data collection: Elahe Samadi
- Formal analysis: Shirin Ahmadi
- Supervision: Shirin Ahmadi
- Project administration: Shirin Ahmadi
- Writing- original draft: Elahe Samadi, Shirin Ahmadi
- Writing – review & editing: Shirin Ahmadi
Elahe Samadi[1], Shirin Ahmadi[2]
Received: 09/08/25 Sent for Revision: 07/09/25 Received Revised Manuscript: 11/10/25 Accepted: 12/10/25
Background and Objectives: Adolescence is one of the most sensitive periods of development that makes an individual susceptible to risky behaviors. Meanwhile, family functioning and emotional schemas play an important role in the formation or prevention of these behaviors. The present study was conducted with the aim of determining the structural relationship pattern of family functioning and the tendency toward high-risk behaviors, with the mediating role of emotional schemas, among male students.
Materials and Methods: The present study employed a descriptive-correlational design within the framework of structural equation modeling (SEM). The statistical population consisted of all male students in the senior public high schools in Karaj during the 2024-2025 academic year. A total of 211 students were selected through cluster random sampling and responded to standardized scales measuring the tendency toward tigh-risk behaviors, family functioning, and emotional schemas. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed for the analysis of the collected data.
Results: The results of structural equation modeling indicated that family functioning had a significant negative direct effect on risky behaviors (β=-0.37; p<0.001) and emotional schemas (β=-0.65; p<0.001). In addition, the indirect effect of family functioning on risky behaviors through emotional schemas was also significant (β=-0.28; p<0.001).
Conclusion: The findings of this study revealed that family functioning influences adolescent's risky behaviors both directly and indirectly through emotional schemas, and that emotional schemas are significant predictors of such behaviors. Accordingly strengthening adolescent's emotional skills, educating parents, and enhancing school counselor's awareness can play an effective role in reducing risky behaviors and promoting adolescent's mental health.
Keywords: High-risk behavior tendency, Family functioning, Emotional schemas, Adolescents, Karaj
Funding: This study did not have any funds.
Conflict of interest: None declared.
Ethical considerations: The Ethics Committee of Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Brench, approved the study (IR.IAU.ARDABIL.REC.1404.096).
Authors’ contributions:
- Conceptualization: Shirin Ahmadi
- Methodology: Shirin Ahmadi
- Data collection: Elahe Samadi
- Formal analysis: Shirin Ahmadi
- Supervision: Shirin Ahmadi
- Project administration: Shirin Ahmadi
- Writing- original draft: Elahe Samadi, Shirin Ahmadi
- Writing – review & editing: Shirin Ahmadi
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Citation: Samadi E, Ahmadi Sh. Structural Relationship Pattern of Family Functioning and Propensity for Tendency Toward High-Risk Behaviors with the Mediating Role of Emotional Schemas in Male Students: A Descriptive Study. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci 2025; 24 (8): 727-42. [Farsi]
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[1]- MA Student, Clinical Family Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil Branch, Ardabil, Iran
[2]- Assistant Prof., Dept of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar, Iran
ORCID: 0000-0003-0189-9575
(Corresponding Author) Tel: Tel: 09033017739, E-mail: sh.ahmadi@hsu.ac.ir
ORCID: 0000-0003-0189-9575
(Corresponding Author) Tel: Tel: 09033017739, E-mail: sh.ahmadi@hsu.ac.ir
Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Psychiatry
Received: 2025/08/2 | Accepted: 2025/10/12 | Published: 2025/11/19
Received: 2025/08/2 | Accepted: 2025/10/12 | Published: 2025/11/19
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