Determining the role of dark triad of personality, intolerance of uncertainty, expression of emotion and empirical avoidance in predicting high-risk sexual behaviors of delinquent adolescents

Juvenile delinquency is a growing social phenomenon that occurs in various forms in society. In this regard, the perpuse of this research was determining the role of the dark triad of personality (machiavellianism, narcissism and anti-socialism), intolerance of uncertainty, expression of excitement and empirical avoidance in predicting high-risk sexual behaviors of delinquent adolescents in Tehran. This study was correlational and the statistical population of the study included juvenile delinquents in Tehran. 60 juvenile delinquents (30 boys and 30 girls) were selected by convenience sampling method. Data were collected by questionnaires of high-risk sexual behaviors (Zarei et al., 2010), dark personality traits (Johnson & Webster, 2010), intolerance of uncertainty (Friston et al., 1994), emotion expression (King and Amons, 1990), and acceptance and action (Bond et al., 2011).  data were analyzed using correlation and multivariate regression test with step by step method. The results showed that there was a relationship between the dark triad of personality (machiavellianism, narcissism and anti-socialism), intolerance of uncertainty, expression of emotion and empirical avoidance with high-risk sexual behaviors of delinquent adolescents (P <0.05). The results also showed that expressing emotion, anti-socialism and intolerance of uncertainty predicted 0.30, 0.30 and 0.22 of high-risk sexual behaviors, respectively. Based on the research findings, it can be said that anti-socialism, intolerance of uncertainty and expression of emotion are able to explain high-risk sexual behaviors in delinquent adolescents, so to change the high-risk sexual behaviors of these adolescents, these variables can be considered.