Assessment of Adolescents in Child-to-Parent Violence: Invariance, Prevalence, and Reasons.

ABSTRACT: Child-to-parent violence is a form of family violence where the children are the aggressors.

Objective

This study first aimed to analyze the psychometric validity of the Child-to-Parent Violence Questionnaire (CPV-Q) among Ecuadorian adolescents. Second, the measurement invariance across the children's sex was examined. Finally, the prevalence of child-to-parent violence (CPV) was also determined.

Methods

A total of 2084 adolescents aged 12 to 18 years participated in this study. The participants were residents of two provinces in southern Ecuador. A higher percentage of participants were women. They lived mostly with their father and mother. The married marital status of the parents was the most frequently reported. Most of the fathers and mothers of the participants complet

SUBMITTER: Burgos-Benavides L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11275027 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature