the relationship between inter parenting conflict and tendency to risky behaviors: the mediator role of conflict intensity of parent-adolescent

the aim of this study was surveying the mediating effect of parent-adolescent conflict between inter-parenting conflict and risk behaviors. the study is description and the type is structural equation modeling; the population of the study is students of qods town which is located in tehran province. sample size is 610 students that were selected by multistage random sampling. the data were gathered through parent-adolescent conflict questionnaire, inter-parenting conflict scale and adolescents risk-taking questionnaire. the results of structural equation modeling analysis showed the theoretical model was engaged in the model that includes variables namely: parent-adolescent conflict which can play a role as mediator variable that is related to inter-parenting conflict and risk behavior, that they were fitted with most appropriate fit to data (df/s–bχ2=2/08, cfi=0/99, gfi= 0/92, rmsea= 0/042). in this model all direct and indirect paths to predict risk behavior in adolescent were diagnosed. therefore, inter-parenting conflict and mediating factors involved in predicting risk behavior in adolescent. also, the model of cognitive-contextual is capable of being explained about parent-adolescent conflicts. keywords: inter-parental conflict, parental-adolescent conflict, risk behavior, adolescent