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. 2022 Jan 5;19(1):601.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010601.

Psychosocial Profile of Juvenile and Adult Offenders Who Acknowledge Having Committed Child-to-Parent Violence

Ana M Martín  1 , Leticia De la Fuente  2   3 , Antonia Hernández  4 , Flor Zaldívar  2   3 , Elena Ortega-Campos  2   3 , Juan García-García  2   3
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Psychosocial Profile of Juvenile and Adult Offenders Who Acknowledge Having Committed Child-to-Parent Violence

Ana M Martín et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to establish the psychosocial profile of adolescents and adults who have admitted to committing child-to-parent violence (CPV) and were serving a judicial sanction or prison sentence, respectively. Two groups of participants took part in this study. The first group was made up of 89 male youths who were serving judicial sanctions, and the second group was made up of 70 men serving a prison sentence. A cross-sectional retrospective design with concurrent measurements was used in this study. Group differences in the exposure-to-violence variables were conducted. Automatic regression models were used to estimate a self-reported CPV. In relation to the variables of indirect exposure to violence, statistically significant differences between those who admitted having committed CPV and those who did not, irrespective of being adults or adolescents, were found for seeing violence in class and at home but not for seeing violence on the street or on television. Regarding the variables related to experiencing violence, the results showed statistically significant differences in experiencing violence at home but not in class or on the street. The best predictive model of CPV includes some of the dimensions of self-concept, specifically academic and family self-concept, as well as the avoidant and rational problem-solving styles and the negative orientation toward problems. The results have shown the existence of a CPV offender profile that is common to minors and adults.

Keywords: child-to-parent violence; exposure to violence; interpersonal problem-solving skills; juvenile and adult justice.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Figures

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Figure 1
Means and Std. Error for indirect exposure to violence (Seeing violence in class, on the street, at home, and on TV) of the group that reported having committed CPV (CPV) and of the group that reported not having done so (No CPV).
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Figure 2
Means and Std. Error for direct exposure to violence (Experiencing violence in class, on the street, and at home) of the group that reported having committed CPV (CPV) and of the group that reported not having done so (No CPV).
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