The relationship between Family Communication Patterns and High-Risk Behaviors in Adolescents: The Mediating Role of Big Five Personality Traits

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Counseling, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran.

2 Department of counseling, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili. Ardabil, Iran.

Abstract

The aim of the current research was to investigate the mediating role of the big five personality traits in the relationship between family communication patterns and high-risk behaviors in adolescents. The method of the present study was path analysis. The participants in this study included 259 students in the 10th, 11th, and 12th grades from Bushehr, in the academic year of 2021-2022, who were selected using available sampling. The research tools were Koerner and Fitzpatrick's Family Communication Patterns Questionnaire-Revised Form (RFCP), Iranian Teenagers' Riskiness Questionnaire (IARS), and Barbanelli's Big Five Personality Factors Questionnaire (BFQ-C). SPSS-25 and AMOS-24 software were used for data analysis. The findings of this study indicate a significant and negative relationship between the conversation factor and high-risk behaviors (r=-.318, P<.01) and a significant and positive relationship between the conformity factor and high-risk behaviors (r=.228, P<.01) in adolescents. The conversation factor in the family communication patterns, as well as the personality traits of extroversion, and conscientiousness can be effective in the reducing of high-risk behaviors in adolescents. Therapists and school counselors should emphasize these variables while developing intervention and educational programs for the adolescents.

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Journal of Applied Psychological Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 04 February 1403

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