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The relationship between prefrontal symptoms and child-to-parent violence among Spanish adolescents

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREFRONTAL SYMPTOMS AND CHILD-TO-PARENT VIOLENCE IN SPANISH ADOLESCENTS

Adolescents who perpetrated child-to-parent violence had higher prefrontal symptom scores, and positive correlations were found between violence and prefrontal symptoms.

The study aimed to examine whether adolescents who perpetrated child-to-parent violence (CPV) differed from those who did not in terms of prefrontal symptoms (problems with social behavior, emotional control, and behavioral control), and to investigate the relationship between these symptoms and violence. A total of 465 adolescents from different regions of Spain who regularly lived with their parents (43.7% boys, 56.3% girls; aged 13–17 years, mean age 15.21, SD 1.46) were recruited through snowball sampling and assessed using an online form. The assessment instruments were the adolescent version of the Child-to-Parent Violence Scale (14 items for violence toward fathers, alpha = .81; 14 items for violence toward mothers, alpha = .82) and the abbreviated Prefrontal Symptom Inventory (20 items, alpha = .89). In the group that perpetrated violence toward mothers, the mean score for social behavior problems was 3.11 (3.13), compared with 2.13 (2.76) in the group that did not (F = 7.44; p < .05); scores for emotional control problems were 7.00 (3.91) versus 5.84 (3.91) (F = .08; p < .05), and scores for behavioral control problems were 16.49 (8.80) versus 14.13 (8.30) (F = 2.70; p < .05). For violence toward fathers, scores for social behavior problems were 3.03 (3.11) versus 2.19 (2.77) (F = 5.70; p < .05), scores for emotional control problems were 6.94 (4.04) versus 5.92 (3.78) (F = .57; p < .05), and scores for behavioral control problems were 16.07 (8.84) versus 14.43 (8.27) (F = 3.22; no significance marker provided). Correlation analyses showed that violence toward mothers was associated with social behavior problems at r = .41, emotional control problems at r = .24, and behavioral control problems at r = .33 (all p < .001); violence toward fathers was associated with these problems at r = .46, r = .24, and r = .32, respectively (all p < .001). The authors stated that prefrontal symptom scores were significantly higher in the group that perpetrated violence and that the role of executive functioning in this area should be investigated further to improve the effectiveness of prevention and intervention efforts.

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