Kuay, Hue San, Tiffin, Paul Alexander orcid.org/0000-0003-1770-5034, Boothroyd, Lynda et al. (2 more authors) (2017) A New Trait-Based Model of Child-to-Parent Aggression. Adolescent Research Review. pp. 199-211.
Abstract
Incidents of child-to-parent aggression have been the most under-researched area of domestic violence. The risk factors for child-to-parent aggression are still unknown. This article reviews risk factors that might explain aggression among adolescents. First, an overview of aggression, with a primary focus on child-to-parent aggression is provided. A number of studies on young people’s aggression show callous-unemotional traits as a predictor of aggression toward peers. However, callous-unemotional traits have not been studied in research on parent-directed aggression, even though they have been shown to be related to social dominance and lack of care toward authority figures (of which parents have a key role during adolescence). Thus, a new “Trait-Based Model” is proposed to explain child-to-parent aggression. In the model, the perpetrators of child-to-parent aggression are divided into two types: “generalists”, who are high on callous-unemotional traits and are proposed to perpetrate aggression toward parents as well as toward others outside the family, and “specialists”, who are low on callous-unemotional traits and specifically perpetrate aggression toward parents but not in other contexts. This article argues for future research to investigate the role of personality traits typically predicting differing subtypes of aggression.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. |
Keywords: | Adolescents,Callous-unemotional traits,Child-to-parent aggression,Risk factors |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Hull York Medical School (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jun 2017 12:00 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 13:50 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-017-0061-4 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s40894-017-0061-4 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:117843 |
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