Child-to-Parent Violence
Child-to-Parent Violence

Summary/Abstract: Research on domestic violence has primarily focused on intimate partner violence and violence from parents toward children. However, child-to-parent violence, which plays a significant role in the continuity of intergenerational violence and constitutes a serious social problem, has been neglected in domestic violence research. Based on this situation, the aim of the present study is to raise awareness by addressing the conceptualization, theoretical explanations, prevalence, measurement tools, risk factors, effects on parents, intervention programs, and studies conducted in the Turkish context regarding child-to-parent violence. The findings indicate that there are differences in the conceptualization of the definition and types of child-to-parent violence, that its prevalence varies across countries but is generally high, and that this form of violence cannot be sufficiently explained within the framework of a single theory. It was also observed that most measurement tools rely solely on adolescents’ self-reports, failing to adequately reflect the parents’ perspective. Moreover, the emergence of child-to-parent violence involves a combination of individual, familial, and social factors, with exposure to domestic violence standing out as a prominent risk factor. The study also revealed that child-toparent violence has physical, economic, emotional, and social impacts on parents. Intervention programs developed for child-to-parent violence have been found to be beneficial for both parents and adolescents; however, their long-term effects have not been sufficiently investigated. Finally, it was concluded that studies on child-to-parent violence in Türkiye remain limited in number. Considering the complex nature of this issue, we recommend the development of holistic prevention and intervention programs, supported by research that simultaneously examines individual, familial, and social factors.

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