en Suicide and Self-Harm پژوهشي Research Article <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="color:black">Background and Objective:</span></b> Adolescence represents a critical developmental period characterized by a heightened susceptibility to high-risk behaviors, which can significantly impede healthy psychosocial progression and future well-being. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of psychosocial empowerment training, specifically when delivered by adults, in the mitigation of various high-risk behaviors among at-risk male adolescents.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="color:black">Materials and Methods:</span></b> This research employed a quasi-experimental two-group pretest-posttest design with a follow-up. The study was conducted during the 2022-2023 academic year, drawing its statistical population from male public secondary school students located in high-risk areas of Tehran, Iran. A purposive sample of 39 at-risk male adolescents was identified based on predefined criteria and subsequently randomly assigned to either an experimental group (n=19), which received adult-led psychosocial empowerment training, or a control group (n=20), which remained on a wait-list. The experimental group participated in eight 90-minute sessions of the intervention. Data were collected using the High-Risk Behaviors Questionnaire. Statistical analysis involved descriptive measures (means, standard deviations) and inferential repeated measures ANOVA, supplemented by Bonferroni post-hoc tests.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="color:black"><span style="letter-spacing:.1pt">Results:</span></span></b> The findings indicated that the adult-led psychosocial empowerment training significantly reduced high-risk behaviors in the experimental group compared to the control group across the assessment phases (P<0.01).</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:normal"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><b><span style="color:black">Conclusions:</span></b> This study underscores the substantial benefits of adult-led psychosocial empowerment training for at-risk male adolescents, affirming its potential to mitigate a range of high-risk behaviors and promote healthier developmental trajectories.</span></span></span></span></p> Adolescent, Empowerment, Health promotion, Psychosocial intervention, Risk-taking behavior 68 74 http://ajnpp.umsha.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1481-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Abolghasem Rahmatzadeh rahmatzadehab@gmail.com 10031947532846008524 0009-0007-9733-6596 No Department of Psychology, Qo.C., Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran. Nader Monirpour nmonirpoor@gmail.com 10031947532846008525 10031947532846008525 Yes Department of Psychology, Qo.C., Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran. Majid Zargham Hajebi zarghamihajebi@gmail.com 10031947532846008526 10031947532846008526 No Department of Psychology, Qo.C., Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran.