The Relationship between Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors and Alexithymia with the Mediating Role of Reflective Functioning
Subject Areas : Psychology
Hossein Mohagheghi
1
,
Mehran Farhadi
2
,
abolghasem yaghobi
3
,
Sahar Mohammadi
4
1 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
2 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
3 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
4 - Department of Psychology, Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran
Keywords: Reflective Functioning, Tendency to High-Risk Behaviors, Alexithymia,
Abstract :
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between high-risk behaviors and alexithymia with the mediation role of reflective functioning. The research method was correlational. The statistical population included high school students in Hamedan a sample of 386 people was selected using the cluster random sampling method. The research instruments included the Toronto Alexithymia Scale (TAS) (1994), and Zadeh Mohammadi et al. Risk-Taking Behavior Scale (RTBS) (2011) and Fonagy et al.'s (2016) Reflective Functioning Questionnaire (RFQ). To evaluate the relationships between the variables, structural equation analysis was used by Spss27 and Lisrel8.8 software. The results showed the effect of alexithymia on uncertainty about mental states (p <0.01), certainty in mental states (p <0.01), and tendency to high-risk behaviors (p <0.01). is significant. The effect of uncertainty about mental states (p <0.01) and certainty about mental states (p <0.01) on the tendency to high-risk behaviors is also significant. Also, the indirect effects of alexithymia through uncertainty and certainty about mental states (p <0.01) on the tendency to high-risk behavior were significant. Based on the results alexithymia and reflective functioning are effective on the tendency to high-risk behaviors, and these variables can play a significant role in reducing high-risk behaviors.