الفهرس 
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Abstract
Adolescence is a time of rapid change. The process surrounding high risk behavior can be complex. Risk behavior prevention must cover a wide range of issues that adolescents face to be most effective. Nurse must address issues such as family violence, poverty, psychiatric illness, poor interpersonal skills, learning deficits and dysfunctional development that might be associated with risk behavior (Laursen and Collins, 2009).
Aim of the Study:
The current study aimed to assess unhealthy risk behaviors among adolescent students at the technical health institute.
Subject and Methods
Research design:
A descriptive exploratory study was utilized to meet the aim of this study.
Research setting:
The study was conducted at the technical health institute at Benha city.
Research subjects:
Convenience sample was composed of the available students in the above-mentioned setting, 200 students from both sexes agreed to participate in the study throughout the academic year (2013-2014).
Tools of Data Collection:
Data were collected through used of the following tools:
It was used to obtain the following:
First tool : a structured interviewing questionnaire:
The researcher designed an interview questionnaire sheet. It was written after reviewing the recent related literature to assess the adolescents’ risk behavior. It was written in simple Arabic in the form of closed questions and multiple choice questions (MCQ) to gather data in relation to the following items. It was a modified and tested version of Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS). It was adapted from (YRBSS 2012).
First part included the following, a questions related to socio-demographic characteristics. Second part, questions related to family characteristics. Third part, questions related to behavior leading to intentional and unintentional injuries. Fourth part, a questions related to smoking behavior. Fifth part, a question related to alcohol and other drug use behavior. Sixth part, a questions related to unhealthy dietary behaviors. Seventh part, a questions related to physical inactivity. Finally, a questions related to sources of health educations and health information.
Second tool: including anxiety symptoms scale, Third tool : sleeping habits scale , Fourth tool :emotional disorders scale and Fifth tool :educational problem scale adopted from Mclnery, (2009) and source of health education and health information.
Pilot study:
A pilot study was conducted including 10 % of the total study subjects then they were excluded from the study sample, according to the results obtained from this study, modifications in the study tools and content was done.
Filed work:
Data collection was carried out during six months periods; the researcher was available three days/week from 9.30 am to 2:00 pm at Saturday, Monday and Thursday. The actual field work was carried out at the first week of April 2014 up to the end of September 2014 for data collection. The adolescent students previously interviewed when conducting the pilot study were not included in the study sample.
Results:
Findings that were obtained from the present study could be summarized as the following:
The mean age of adolescents students was 18.8 543. Regarding the gender of the studied sample, it was found that males exceeded females, as males (72%) were more than two third of studied sample, and the rest of them were females.
Regarding the family history, the study showed that more than three fifths (60.5%) of their families had previous history for smoking behaviors.
In relation to behaviors leading to intentional and unintentional injuries, the study revealed that more than two fifths (41%) of studied sample had never wore a seat belt when riding a car driven by someone else.
Causes of the evident attempted suicide among the studied sample, showed according to the finding of the present study that less than one half (45.4%) of them were attempting suicide behavior related to emotional problems.
Smoking behavior, the finding of the present study, revealed that more than one third (35%) of studied sample had smoking behavior habits.
Anxiety habits, according to the finding of the present study, revealed that, nearly more than two thirds (66.5%, 65.5%, 65.5%, 68.4%) of the studied adolescents students’ sample sometimes spent time alone, were distracted easily, fought with others and didn’t understand other people’s feelings. Emotional disturbances, according to the study, showed that less than three fifths (59.5%) of the studied sample was usually or often nervous with peers they don’t know well and more than three fifths of them were sometimes frightened for no reason while two thirds of them were often worried about things that happening in the future.
There was a statistically significant relationship (p<0.05) between studied adolescent students’ sex and their total risk score. The total risk score was more in males than in females.
There were highly statistically significant relations (p<0.001) between adolescent students’ residence and their total risk score,. The total risk score was more in rural than urban residence.
Conclusion
It can be concluded from finding of the present study that:
In the light of the study findings, it might be concluded that, students have shown inadequate information about risk behavior which surrounded them. The study also concluded that, all students having risk behaviors namely smoking behavior, unhygienic behavior, behaviors leading to injury, unhealthy dietary behavior, physical inactivity behavior, anxiety habits and educational problems.