Relationships between psychological abuse, cognitive-emotional regulation strategies, social self-efficacy and internalizing-externalizing behavioral problems among adolescents in Fars, Iran (original) (raw)

Adolescent behavioral problems are serious public health issues. It is reported that the prevalence of behavioral problem among Iranian adolescents in the age group 12 to 19 years old is the highest compared to other age groups. This showed that adolescents are at-risk populations for behavioral problems. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate the relationships between psychological abuse, cognitive emotional regulation strategies, social self-efficacy with behavioral problems (internalizing and externalizing), and the moderating roles of cognitive emotional regulation strategies and social self-efficacy on the relationships between psychological abuse with internalizing and externalizing behavior problems among the adolescents of Fars Province, Iran. The present study employed developmental psychopathology approach of Rutter and Sroufe, Ecological-Transactional Theory of Cicchetti and Toth, Bandura"s Social Cognitive Theory, and Self-Regulation Theory in providing a valid basis for explaining and predicting externalizing and externalizing behavior problems among the adolescents of Fars Province, Iran.

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