© 2018 International Journal of Educational and Psychological Researches | Published by Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 245 The relationship between cognitive emotion regulation and tendency to addiction in adolescents Marzieh Asgari Froushani, Nahid Akrami 1 Abstract: AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between cognitive emotion relation and tendency to addiction in adolescents in Isfahan, Iran. METHOD: The participants of the study were all 14–17‑year‑old students in Isfahan. Four hundred participants were selected as the sample group with the use of multistage cluster sampling. The instruments included in the study were questionnaires of cognitive emotion regulation [1] and tendency to drug abuse. [2] The data were analyzed through correlation coeficient and regression analysis. Regression analysis indicated that there was a signiicant relationship between all the components of cognitive emotion regulation and tendency toward addiction in adolescents (P < 0.001). FINDING: The indings of the study showed that the dificulty in emotion management being resulted by the problems of drug abusers, and this condition leads to a failure in the management of individual emotional states. Furthermore, considerable importance of emotion regulation in the psychopathology of these individuals was not indicated. CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that the investigation of the emotional factors in relation with individuals’ tendency toward addiction was signiicant, and in the ield of prevention of drug dependence, education could help individuals in improving emotion regulation. Keywords: Adolescents, cognitive emotion regulation, tendency to addiction Introduction A ddiction is one of the most important social problems that threaten the society and especially younger generation seriously, and it can be deined as chronic brain and restrictive disease that the individual uses drug regularly with a strong desire. Drugs effect on the brain and it changes the brain structure and function. Since drug has inhibitory effects on the growth and prosperity of society, it is a serious and worrisome threat. Drug dependency and abuses are considered as chronic recurrent disorder with the inluences and antecedents on environment, culture, psychology, society, and behavior. [2] The investigation of reasons of drug tendency is vital because this issue deals with some health and welfare of people, and it increases the risk of injury and death through interpersonal violence, real accidents, risky sexual behaviors, unintended pregnancy, diseases such as AIDS, and academic problems. [3] Several risk factors in addiction ield have risen in researches that it can be noted among them to high level of family conlict, academic problems, drug abuse by peers and parents, impulsivity, and early onset of smoking. [4] In addition to the factors discussed, among several factors that are related to drug abuse, it can be noted to the predominant role of emotional problems and inability to control and regulate emotion. Emotion regulation as one of the psychological Address for correspondence: Dr. Nahid Akrami, Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran. E-mail: akrami.nahid@ gmail.com Department of Psychology, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran, 1 Department of Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran Original Article Access this article online Quick Response Code: Website: www.ijeprjournal.org DOI: 10.4103/jepr.jepr_54_16 This is an open access aricle distributed under the terms of the Creaive Commons Atribuion-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creaions are l icensed under the idenical terms. For reprints contact: reprints@medknow.com How to cite this article: Froushani MA, Akrami N. The relationship between cognitive emotion regulation and tendency to addiction in adolescents. Int J Educ Psychol Res 2017;3:245-9. [Downloaded free from http://www.ijeprjournal.org on Sunday, May 13, 2018, IP: 188.136.149.34]