The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation Difficulties in the Relationship between Family Communication Patterns with Tendency toward High-Risk Behaviors and Internet Addiction

This study aimed to investigate the mediating role of emotion regulation difficulties in the relationship between family communication patterns with the tendency toward high-risk behaviors and internet addiction. The statistical population included all students of the Azad University South Tehran Branch in the 1397-98 academic year. Using the convenience sampling method, 220 students entered the study and completed the Family Communication Patterns questionnaire, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale, Youth Risk-Taking Scale, and Internet Addiction Test. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient and the Structural Equation Modeling method. The results indicated that emotion regulation difficulties play a fully mediating role in the relationship between the conformity orientation of family communication patterns with a tendency toward high-risk behaviors and internet addiction, but donchr('39')t have a mediating role in the relationship between the conversation orientation of family communication patterns with a tendency toward high-risk behaviors and internet addiction. So it could be concluded that the conformity orientation is effective in creating a tendency toward high-risk behaviors and internet addiction through emotion regulation difficulties.