Child-to-Parent Violence as an Intervening Variable in the Relationship between Inter-Parental Violence Exposure and Dating Violence.

Izaskun Ibabe,Edurne Elgorriaga,Ainara Arnoso

doi:10.3390/ijerph17051514

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Abstract

The exposure of adult children to inter-parental violence is an indirect form of victimization which has not been widely investigated in relation to its consequences in adulthood. The main goal of this study was to analyze predictors of dating violence based on an integrated model of intergenerational transmission of violence with the assessment of potential indirect effects of inter-parental violence exposure on dating violence through child-to-parent violence and sexism. A total of 847 college students participated in this study, ranging from 18 to 25 years of age. Inter-parental violence exposure plays a relevant role in dating violence, with indirect effects through child-to-parent violence and sexism. These results support social learning theory in explaining the intergenerational transmission of violence and indicate that further attention should be paid to children exposed to inter-parental violence. Intervention models to prevent the perpetration of dating violence should include the prevention of inter-parental violence exposure and child-to-parent violence.

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The main goal of this study was to assess the predictive model of dating violence based on an integrated model of intergenerational transmission of violence which includes inter-parental violence exposure, sexism, and child-to-parent violence (CPV)
Does not contain zero (0.048, 0.301) and this specific effect is significant (p = 0.003), which is the case with ambivalent sexism. These results indicate that the mediational effect of CPV in the relationship between inter-parental violence and dating violence is significant and low-medium, while the mediational effect of ambivalent sexism is significant but small
This study aimed to study the directionality of young adult children’s exposure to inter-parental violence in early adulthood, and prevalence rates of CPV and dating violence taking into account sex differences

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The main goal of this study was to assess the predictive model of dating violence based on an integrated model of intergenerational transmission of violence which includes inter-parental violence exposure, sexism, and child-to-parent violence (CPV). While IPV has traditionally focused on the marital context or on consolidated adult couples, dating violence has elicited growing interest in recent years [1]. When intimate partner violence is witnessed by children, the term used is inter-parental violence exposure. It might be helpful to distinguish between research on couples in committed, marital, or co-habituating relationships versus dating relationships. Members of the couple do not live together, are not economically independent from their parents, and do not have well-established relationships. Given these differences, there is a need for research focused on dating violence as separate from intimate partner violence

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