Journal of North Khorasan

Abstract Background & Objectives: the purpose of the present study is to compare the resilience and risky behaviors based on the motivational structure among the youth. Material & Methods: the present study was carried out through causal-comparative. The population of the study was composed of high school students in Bojnord in 2012-2013 schooling year of which 503 students were chosen according to multi-stage cluster-sampling, and based on their motivational structure score 301 students were selected as the sample. To collect the data, the 41-item Questionnaire of risky behaviors, Conor and Davidson (CD-RIS) resilience scale, and the PCI (Personal Concern Inventory) were applied. To analyze the data, besides descriptive statistical methods, the Clomogrov-Smirnov statistical tests and the independent t-test were administered. Result: the findings showed that there was a significant statistical difference between resilience and risky behaviors based on the motivational structure (p>0/ 00001). Conclusions : the common characteristics between the individuals with risky behaviors and those with maladaptive motivational structure as well as the characteristics common between the resilient individuals and the ones with adaptive motivational structure account for the results obtained.