Cognitive Failure and Alexithymia in Predicting High–Risk Behaviors of Students With Learning Disabilities

Moslem Abassi; Mohammad Javad Bagyan; Hamidreza Dehghan

doi:10.5812/ijhrba.16948

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Cognitive Failure and Alexithymia in Predicting High–Risk Behaviors of Students With Learning Disabilities

Author(s):

Moslem Abassi^1,*,

Mohammad Javad Bagyan²,

Hamidreza Dehghan²

1Department of Psychology, Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences, Salman Farsi University of Kazerun, Kazerun, IR Iran

2Department of Psychology, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, IR Iran

International Journal of High Risk Behaviors and Addiction:Vol. 3, issue 2; e93561

Published online:Jun 01, 2014

Article type:Research Article

Received:May 13, 2019

Accepted:Apr 10, 2014

How to Cite:Moslem AbassiMohammad Javad BagyanHamidreza DehghanCognitive Failure and Alexithymia in Predicting High–Risk Behaviors of Students With Learning Disabilities.Int J High Risk Behav Addict.3(2):e93561.https://doi.org/10.5812/ijhrba.16948.

Abstract

Background:: One of the threatening health issues is prevalence of high-risk behaviors in various groups. Because of rapid social changes, it has been considered as of the most important problems of society by health organizations, administrative laws, and social policymakers.

Objectives:: The aim of this study was to determine the role of cognitive failure and alexithymia in predicting high-risk behaviors of students with learning disabilities.

Patients and Methods:: This was a correlational research including all 14-16 years old students during 2012-2013 school year in Arak, IR Iran. Eighty students with learning disabilities were sampled by simply random sampling. The data were collected by cognitive failures questionnaire, Toronto alexithymia scale, and high-risk behavior questionnaire.

Results:: The results showed that high-risk behaviors had significant positive correlations with difficulty identifying feelings (r = 0.321), difficulty describing feelings (r = 0.336), externally oriented thinking (r = 0.248), distractibility (0.292), memory distortion (r = 0.374), blunders (r = 0.335), and names amnesia (r = 0.275). Multiple regression analysis showed that cognitive failure and alexithymia predicted 32% of the total variance of high-risk behaviors.

Conclusions:: These findings demonstrated that cognitive failure and alexithymia had important roles in strengthening and appearance of high-risk behaviors in students with learning disabilities. Therefore, considering those problems, precautionary actions might be necessary.

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Cognition Disorders

Affective Symptoms

Learning Disorders

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Moslem Abassi:[PubMed][Scholar]
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Hamidreza Dehghan:[PubMed][Scholar]