title: [Development of the structural model of adolescent's risk behavior].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this study the fitness of a path model for the relationship among biological risk disposition, sociocultural risk factors, self-control, parent-adolescent communication, and risk behavior in adolescents was examined.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants were 387 adolescents. The data were analyzed with the PASW 18.0 and AMOS 18.0 programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sociocultural risk factors, self-control, and parent-adolescent communication showed a direct effect on risk behavior for adolescents, while biological risk disposition and sociocultural risk factor showed an indirect effect on risk behavior for adolescents. The modified path model of adolescents' risk behavior was showed a good fit with the model (χ2/df=2.37, GFI=.95, AGFI=.92, RMSEA=.06 [.05<RMSEA<.07], NNFI=.95, CFI=.97).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that adolescents' risk behavior can be decreased by reducing biological risk disposition and sociocultural risk factor, and increasing parent-adolescent communication and self-control. Thus there is a need to design intervention programs that emphasizes reducing biological risk disposition and sociocultural risk factor and increasing parent-adolescent communication and self-control in order to decrease adolescents' risk behavior.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun Sook
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sun Young
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012649:Self Concept; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires