The Clinical Profile Of Adolescent Offenders Of Child-To-Parent Violence

[EN]The aim of the present study was to examine whether juvenile offenders with charges for parent abuse had a different clinical profile from that of juveniles with charges for other offences and from that of non-offenders. The sample comprised 231 adolescents of both sexes aged 14 to 18 in the Bas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Ibabe Erostarbe, Izaskun, Arnoso Martínez, Ainara, Elgorriaga Astondoa, Edurne
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/66290
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/66290
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:domestic violence
child to parent violence
young offender
adolescence
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Sumario:[EN]The aim of the present study was to examine whether juvenile offenders with charges for parent abuse had a different clinical profile from that of juveniles with charges for other offences and from that of non-offenders. The sample comprised 231 adolescents of both sexes aged 14 to 18 in the Basque Country (Spain), of whom 106 were juvenile offenders and the rest from a community sample. Some of the offenders had charges for parent abuse (n = 59). Juvenile offenders who were violent toward their parents showed more behaviour and emotional problems than offenders of other types and non-offenders. Certain psychological problems in adolescents could lead to family conflict situations, with parents finding themselves unable to control them.