Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate a structural relationship among the relate variables of adolescent's violent behavior. 518 adolescents in Youth Detention Center of the whole country completed questionnaires assessing experiences of family violence, experiences of mass media violence, Impulsivenss and violent behavior. The sample variance-covariance matrix was analysed using Amos 18.0 and a maximum likelibood mimimizatin function. Goodness of fit was evaluated using the TLI, SRMR, RMSEA and its 90% confidence interval.The results was as follows: First the direct effect of experiences family violence, experiences of mass media violence, Impulsiveness on violent behavior on adolencent's violental behavior was significant. Second, the direct effect of experiences family violence, experiences of mass media violence on impuliveness was significant. Finally, the significant indirect effect of experiences of family violence and mass media violence was mediated by impulsiveness.