Adolescent-to-Parent Violence: Psychological and Family Adjustment

Introduction to the Special Issue: Discrepancies in Adolescent-Parent Perceptions of the Family and Adolescent Adjustment.

Researchers commonly rely on adolescents' and parents' reports to assess family functioning (e.g., conflict, parental monitoring, parenting practices, relationship quality). Recent work indicates that these reports may vary as to whether they converge or diverge in estimates of family functioning. Further, patterns of converging or diverging reports may yield important information about adolesc...

Adolescent-to-Parent Violence in Adoptive Families

Adolescent-to-parent violence (APV) has received little attention in the social work literature, although it is known to be a factor in families whose children are at risk of entry to care. The behaviour patterns that characterise APV include coercive control, domination and intimidation. Crucially, parental behaviours are compromised by fear of violence. This article discusses the unexpected f...

The role of parental psychological well-being and parent-child interactions in explaining social adjustment in adolescent students

Adolescence is an important developmental period that is characterized by heightened problems of adjustment. The purpose of this study was to determine the role of parental psychological well-being and parent-child interactions in explaining social adjustment of female adolescent students. The research method was descriptive correlational and predictive equation. The statistical population of t...

Parental psychological violence and adolescent behavioral adjustment: the role of coping and social support.

The role of coping strategies (approach and avoidance) as a mediating factor between parental psychological violence and adolescent behavior problems, both internalized and externalized, as well as the protective role of social support were examined separately for boys and girls. A group of 278 adolescents (mean age: 14.2) were recruited in three high schools located in low, moderate, and high ...

Parent-Adolescent Discrepancies in Ratings of Youth Victimization: Associations with Psychological Adjustment