fa عمومى General پژوهشي Research <p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Background</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">:</span></span></b><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> Smoking is a serious health threat, killing about 5 million people worldwide each year</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">.</span> <span style="line-height:115%">B</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">y 2030</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">,</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> the number of diseases and deaths from tobacco use </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">will </span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">reach 8 million per year.</span></span><span style="line-height:115%"> This study aims</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> to investigate the prediction of smoking tendency based on emotional dyslexia</span></span><span style="line-height:115%"> and</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> perceptual control with the mediation of risk perception.</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">Method:</span></span></b><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> Th</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">is </span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">was </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">a </span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">descriptive-correlation</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">al research conducted on</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> all </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">the </span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">45,000 employees of Tehran Municipality who were working in 2019. The statistical sample consisted of 215 members of the aforementioned statistical population, which was determined using the usual sampling method in correlation studies and the multi-stage cluster sampling method. The instruments used included the smoking tendency questionnaire, the emotional nonverbal questionnaire</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">,</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> and the perceptual control questionnaire</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">.</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> The collected data were analyzed using </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">SPSS</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> software version 25 and Amos software version 22 at two descriptive (mean, standard deviation, etc.) and inferential (structural equation analysis)</span></span> <span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">levels.</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="line-height:115%">Results</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">:</span></span></b><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> The coefficient of the direct path between alexithymia and the tendency to smoke </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">was</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> 0.380. It can be concluded that there </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">was</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> a positive and significant relationship between alexithymia and the tendency to smoke. </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">In addition,</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> the coefficient of the direct path between perceptual control and the tendency to smoke </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">was</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> -0.250.</span></span></span><br> <span style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%">Conclusion:</span></span></b><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> There is a negative and significant relationship between cognitive control and the tendency to smoke. Therefore, by teaching people emotional regulation skills, a person can be prepared to face and solve problems and have constructive </span></span><span style="line-height:115%">relationship</span><span lang="X-NONE"><span style="line-height:115%"> with others</span></span><span style="line-height:115%">.</span></span></span></span></p> Emotional Dyslexia, Cognitive Control, Tendency to Smoke 198 205 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-2062-1&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Fateme Zarei fzarei_1365@yahoo.com 0000-0002-8441-271x No Department of Psychology, Faculty Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen, Iran Afsane Taheri a2_taheri@yahoo.com 0000-0003-0133-1706 Yes Department of Psychology, Faculty Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen, Iran Nastaran Sharifi nastaran_shrf@yahoo.com 0000-0003-3096-1876 No Department of Psychology, Faculty Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Rudehen, Iran