The Association between Emotional Expressiveness Style andAddiction Potential in Male High School Students

Objectives: adolescents are the most vulnerable group of the society when it comes to risky behaviors.as a consequence of their volatile behavior during adolescence they are more likely to behave in waysthat threatens their ongoing physical and psychological health and their future. the current study wasdesigned to examine the association between the emotional expressiveness style and addiction potentialamong male high school students.methods: a cross-sectional study was conducted on 180 male high school students that had been selectedthrough multi-stage random sampling from karaj city’s at-risk high schools. the research tools consistedof: a) the researcher-made demographic questionnaire, b) addiction potential scale, c) emotionalexpressiveness questionnaire. pearson’s correlation coefficient and multivariate analysis of variance(manova) were used for data analyzing.results: based on the results, emotional expressiveness and its components were negatively andsignificantly associated with addiction: ‘expression of positive emotion’ (p=0.001), ‘expression ofnegative emotion’ (p=0.001), and ‘expression of intimacy’ (p=0.001). ‘expression of positive emotion’plays a more significant role in predicting addiction potential. addiction potential was significantlyassociated with familial economic status (p=0.024).discussion: on the whole, our results underscore the significance of emotions and emotionalexpressiveness in predicting addiction potential in adolescents. therefore, it is essential to educateadolescents during their schooling years to prevent this phenomenon.