Abstract
ABSTRACTThe present cross-sectional research was conducted on 245 adolescents selected through a multi-stratified sampling method. The data collection instrument was the risky behavior scale (YRBSS). The collected data were statistically analyzed via SPSS ver19. Such indices as mean, standard deviation, min and max scores were used as descriptive statistics. The present findings showed that 17 subjects (6.9%) had carried cold weapons with them at least once before; 22 subjects (15.17%) had experienced drug consumption (opium and hash) at least; 52 subjects (21.3%) consumed alcohol; 45 (out of 108) (41.66%) had sexual affairs with the opposite sex and 108 (44.1%) experienced smoking. Certain measures can be taken to prevent and reduce the rate of risky behaviors: closer and stronger family ties between parents and teenagers, emphasis on positive examples set by peers, establishment of moral values, provision of sport facilities and public welfare, special attention to the key role of schools.
Highlights
Adolescence is a transition from childhood to adulthood and helps to form many different behaviors that can negatively affect health
Mortalities induced by violence or entering physical fights have increased influenced by such behaviors as alcohol overconsumption, legal and illegal drug abuse(Leão et al, 2017)
Within one year prior to the study, 32.8% had got involved in physical fights, 20.1% had bullied at school and 7.8% committed suicide(Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011)
Summary
Adolescence is a transition from childhood to adulthood and helps to form many different behaviors that can negatively affect health. Unhealthy dietary habits, smoking, drug abuse and alcohol consumption are the six main categories of risky behaviors among the young, as recognized by disease control and prevention centers to be ever increasing with growing age(Eaton et al, 2012). Such risky behaviors do no occur in isolation. The body of national investigations indicate the high prevalence of risky behaviors such as smoking cigarettes or hookah, consuming alcohol and drugs by 14–18 year-old adolescents(Fakhari, Mohammadpoorasl, Nedjat, Sharif Hosseini, & Fotouhi, 2015; Nazarzadeh et al, 2013)
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