Romero-Abrio, A.; Musitu-Ochoa, G.; Sánchez-Sosa, J.C.; Callejas-Jerónimo, J.E. Psychosocial Adjustment Factors Associated with Child–Parent Violence: The Role of Family Communication and a Transgressive Attitude in Adolescence. Healthcare2024, 12, 705.
Romero-Abrio, A.; Musitu-Ochoa, G.; Sánchez-Sosa, J.C.; Callejas-Jerónimo, J.E. Psychosocial Adjustment Factors Associated with Child–Parent Violence: The Role of Family Communication and a Transgressive Attitude in Adolescence. Healthcare 2024, 12, 705.
Romero-Abrio, A.; Musitu-Ochoa, G.; Sánchez-Sosa, J.C.; Callejas-Jerónimo, J.E. Psychosocial Adjustment Factors Associated with Child–Parent Violence: The Role of Family Communication and a Transgressive Attitude in Adolescence. Healthcare2024, 12, 705.
Romero-Abrio, A.; Musitu-Ochoa, G.; Sánchez-Sosa, J.C.; Callejas-Jerónimo, J.E. Psychosocial Adjustment Factors Associated with Child–Parent Violence: The Role of Family Communication and a Transgressive Attitude in Adolescence. Healthcare 2024, 12, 705.
Abstract
According to official sources, the numbers of children-to-parent violence (CPV) in the most advanced countries have been on an increasing trend for more than a decade, which generates great social concern. This phenomenon has also aroused enormous interest among researchers, who have identified risk and protective factors related to adolescent CPV in numerous studies. To contribute to a better explanation of CPV, the aim of the present study was to analyze the relationship between family communication problems and CPV, through psychosocial adjustment variables -psychological distress and positive attitude toward the transgression of social norms- in schooled adolescents. The sample consisted of 8115 adolescents enrolled in schools in the State of Nuevo León (Mexico) (51.5% boys, 49.5% girls), whose ages ranged from 11 to 16 years (M = 13.34, SD = 1.04). Structural equation modeling was performed using Structural Equation Modeling Software (EQS). The results showed that family communication problems have a direct and signif-icant relationship with CPV. It was also observed that there is an indirect relationship between both variables, through the relationships of psychological distress and positive attitude towards the transgression of social norms. The multigroup analysis performed showed gender differences in some of these relationships. Finally, the results and their implications in the field of family intervention are discussed.
Keywords
child-to-parent violence; adolescence; family communication; psychological distress; positive attitude towards transgression of social norms.
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
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