Is always the family the main risk factor in Child to Parent Violence?

Abstract

Many of the programs carried out in order to intervene with Child to Parent Violence (CPV) are directed mainly towards victims. The fact that family is the primary agent of socialization contributes to trying to find the reasons behind children and adolescents’ behavioral disorders in this field. Thus, many authors see CPV as a «high-risk» situation within the family in which minors are not properly treated, where there are degraded contexts, inadequate parenting styles, blurred boundaries, hostility and neglect, a pathological profile of the parents, conflicting relationships between the partner and disregard for the children who become considered as victims and tormentors at the same time. A large amount of research seems to support this point of view, but, is it true in most cases? Or, in other words: is always the family the main risk factor in Child to Parent Violence?

Keywords

• violencia filioparental
• estilos de crianza
• disciplina familiar
• relaciones padres-hijos