Rooyesh-e- Ravanshenasi Journal(RRJ)

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of emotional self-control training on the intolerance of uncertainty and emotional inhibition in male students with high-risk behaviors. The research method employed a quasi-experimental design with a pre-test and post-test, including a control group. The statistical population of this study included male students of the second year of high school in Ardabil (Area 1) in the academic year 2024-2025, of which 30 people were selected by purposive sampling after screening and were placed in the experimental group (n=15) and the control group (n=15) by simple randomization. The experimental group underwent ten 75-minute sessions of emotional self-control training. The data collection included the Iranian Adolescents Risk-Taking Scale (IARS, Soleimani-Nasab et al., 2018), the Emotion Control Questionnaire (ECQ, Roger & Nesshoever, 1987), and the Intolerance of Uncertainty Scale (IUS, Freeston et al., 1994). Multivariate analysis of covariance was used to analyze the data. The findings showed that by controlling for the pretest effect, there was a significant difference at the 0.001 level between the mean posttest of intolerance of uncertainty and emotional inhibition of male students with high-risk behaviors in the two experimental and control groups. As a result, emotional self-control training reduced intolerance of uncertainty and increased emotional inhibition of students with high-risk behaviors. Accordingly, the use of this educational method by school counselors and psychologists and psychotherapy centers to prevent abnormal behaviors can be fruitful.