Adolescent Violence Towards Parents – The Known and Unknowns

Moulds, Lauren Grace; Day, Andrew; Mildred, Helen; Casey, Sharon

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“…CPV appears to most commonly occur during the adolescence of the perpetrator, though it is not limited to minors (González-Álvarez, Gesteira, Fernández-Arias, & García-Vera, 2010;Holt, 2016;Moulds, Day, Mildred, Miller, & Casey, 2016;Walsh & Krienert, 2009). Research into CPV has shown conflicting information on gender of the perpetrator, although much research suggests there to be more male perpetrators (Ibabe, et al, 2014a;Nock & Kazdin, 2002;Routt & Anderson, 2011;Walsh & Krienert, 2007).…”

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Assessing Risk and Protective Factors in Clinical and Judicial Child-to-Parent Violence Cases

Loinaz

Sousa

2019

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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A B S T R A C TChild-to-parent violence takes different forms (physical, psychological or economic) and can be addressed in the judicial system or in clinical practice. The current paper compares 61 clinical and 30 judicialized cases that were evaluated using the Child-to-Parent Violence Risk assessment tool (CPVR). Results showed a higher prevalence of risk factors in the judicial sample. This group of aggressors had worse profiles of violence (bidirectionality of the parent/child violence, violence other than CPV, and more CPV complaints), more psychological issues (low frustration tolerance, little anger management, narcissism, and violent attitudes) and, most notably, more dysfunctional families (violence between parents, cohabitation problems, inversion of the hierarchy, non-violent conflicts, and even criminal history of the parents). Logistic regression showed that narcissism, attitudes justifying violence, violence between parents, and problems of parents themselves (such mental disorders or drug abuse) allowed for correct classification of 89.4% of cases. Total CPVR scores differed between groups (25.8 vs. 14.2), and classification was good for both type of group (AUC = .830) and injuries to mother (AUC = .764). A cut-off score between 22 and 23 showed the best results in prediction of group and injuries to mother. Utility of the CPVR, and next steps in its development are discussed.La evaluación de factores de riesgo y de protección en casos clínicos y judiciales de violencia filio-parental R E S U M E N La Violencia Filio-Parental (VFP) puede manifestarse de distintas formas (física, psicológica o económica) y su abordaje puede hacerse desde el sistema judicial o desde la práctica clínica. El presente estudio compara 61 casos clínicos (no judicializados) y 30 judicializados que fueron evaluados con la Guía para la Valoración del Riesgo de Violencia Filio-Parental (RVFP). Los resultados mostraron una mayor prevalencia de los factores de riesgo en la muestra judicial, con un perfil de violencia peor (más bidireccionalidad, más violencia distinta a la VFP y más denuncias por VFP), más complicaciones psicológicas en los agresores (baja tolerancia a la frustración, poco control de la ira, narcisismo y actitudes violentas) y, en especial, un perfil familiar más disfuncional (violencia entre los padres, problemas de convivencia, inversión de jerarquía, conflictos e incluso antecedentes delictivos en los padres). Una regresión logística puso de manifiesto que el narcisismo, las actitudes que justifican la violencia, la violencia entre los progenitores y los problemas de los padres (como trastorno mental o abuso de drogas) permitían clasificar correctamente al 89.4% de los casos. El grupo midió diferencias en la puntuación en la Guía RVFP (25.8 vs. 14.2) y la clasificación fue buena para el tipo de grupo (AUC = .830) y lesiones a la madre (AUC = .764). Un punto de corte entre 22 y 23 mostró los mejores resultados en la predicción del grupo y las lesiones a la madre. Se discute la utilidad de la RVFP y los sigui...

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Section: Research On Cpv: What Do We Know?mentioning

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Assessing Risk and Protective Factors in Clinical and Judicial Child-to-Parent Violence Cases

Loinaz

Sousa

2019

The European Journal of Psychology Applied to Legal Context

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“…It is unclear whether AVTP is best understood within the existing youth justice understandings of behaviour or is significantly different from other youth offending. Moulds et al (2016) recently reported prevalence rates of AVTP in Australia utilising police data from four States. The study determined that, within Australia, according to police reports, approximately 1–7 per cent of families are affected by AVTP, with the ‘typical’ perpetrator being a 15- to 17-year-old Caucasian young man who is generally violent towards his mother.…”

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Adolescent Violence Towards Parents: A Case of Specialisation?

Moulds¹,

Mayshak²,

Mildred³

et al. 2019

Youth Justice

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Adolescent violence towards parents (AVTP) is a form of family violence that tests family relationships and the role of parents and can have lasting impacts on all members of families. This study aimed to explore typologies of AVTP offenders based on their criminal justice system involvement, as well as explore differences between groups of AVTP based on their offending. Data were collated by the South Australian Office of Crime, Statistics and Research (OCSAR) in 2017 and included young people who had been apprehended by the South Australian Police between 2008 and 2012 for violence against a parent or step parent. There were a total of 305 young people included in the study, ranging in age from 10 to 17 years. The study found that there were three different groups of AVTP offenders: AVTP offenders, AVTP non-violent offenders who have committed other non-violent crimes and AVTP violent offender who have committed other violent crimes outside of their AVTP offence. Findings suggested that an AVTP offence in isolation is a rarity, and most AVTP offenders commit other non-violent or violent offending. The study concluded that AVTP may be a function of general anti-sociality and occur within the context of a pattern of violent or deviant behaviour, as opposed to a specialist, targeted, isolated incidence of violence.

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“…The focus of research to date has largely been on developing victim and offender typologies, although this has led to the identification of CPA risk factors, it has also hindered definitions of CPA and how to respond (Moulds, Day, Mildred, Miller, & Casey, 2016). Risk factors of CPA identified by prior research include gender and history of domestic violence.…”

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A Qualitative Exploration of Practitioners’ Understanding of and Response to Child-to-Parent Aggression

O’Toole

Tsermentseli

Papastergiou

et al. 2020

J Interpers Violence

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There has been limited research and policy directed toward defining and understanding child-to-parent aggression (CPA), resulting in inconsistent definitions, understandings, and responses, which has a detrimental impact on families. In particular, there have been limited qualitative studies of those working on the frontline of CPA, hindering the development of effective policy. The present qualitative study therefore aimed to explore practitioner perspectives of CPA. Twenty-five practitioners from diverse fields (e.g., youth justice, police, charities) participated in four focus groups relating to their experiences of working with CPA in the United Kingdom. Thematic analysis of focus groups revealed three key themes: definitions of CPA, understanding of CPA risk factors, and responding to CPA. Practitioners understood CPA to be a broad use of aggression to intimidate and control parents and highlighted a range of individual (e.g., mental health, substance abuse) and social (e.g., parenting, gangs) risk factors for CPA. Further, practitioners felt that current methods of reporting CPA were ineffective and may have a detrimental impact on families. The findings of this study have implications for CPA policy and support the need for a multiagency and coordinated strategy for responding to CPA.

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Adolescent Violence Towards Parents – The Known and Unknowns

Cited by 33 publications

References 29 publications

Assessing Risk and Protective Factors in Clinical and Judicial Child-to-Parent Violence Cases

Assessing Risk and Protective Factors in Clinical and Judicial Child-to-Parent Violence Cases

Adolescent Violence Towards Parents: A Case of Specialisation?

A Qualitative Exploration of Practitioners’ Understanding of and Response to Child-to-Parent Aggression

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