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Impulsiveness and Child-to-Parent Violence: The Role of Aggressor’s Sex

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2017

Eva Rico ,
Jaime Rosado  and
David Cantón-Cortés Open the ORCID record for David Cantón-Cortés [Opens in a new window]
Eva Rico
Affiliation:
Universidad de Málaga (Spain)
Jaime Rosado
Affiliation:
Universidad de Málaga (Spain)
David Cantón-Cortés*
Affiliation:
Universidad de Málaga (Spain)
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*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to David Cantón-Cortés. Universidad de Málaga. Developmental and Educational Psychology. Campus de Teatinos. Facultad de Psicología. Málaga (Spain). E-mail: david.canton@uma.es
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Abstract

The aim of the present study was to analyze the role of minors’ impulsiveness in the perpetration of child-to-parent violence (CPV), controlling for sex, age, interest allocated to studies, and participant´s and parent´s drug consumption habits, as well as to test the moderating role of the aggressor’s sex on impulsiveness. The sample comprised 934 students from high school centers (438 boys and 496 girls), aged between 13 and 21 years. Impulsiveness was assessed through the Barratt’s Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11), whereas CPV perpetration was assessed employing the Child-to-Parent Aggression Questionnaire. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that both attentional (β = .09, p < .05; β = .12, p < .001) and motor impulsiveness (β = .26, p < .001; β = .25, p < .001) were related to the perpetration of CPV. Interaction analyses showed a moderating role of the aggressor’s sex over motor impulsiveness in the case of CPV towards the father (β = .29, p < .05), and over attentional impulsiveness in the case of CPV towards the mother (β = .45, p < .001). Results confirm the idea that minors’ impulsiveness has an effect on the probability of CPV perpetration, which differs according to the sex of the perpetrator.

Keywords

adolescentschild-to-parent violenceimpulsivenesssex
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Research Article
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The Spanish Journal of Psychology , Volume 20 , 2017 , E15
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Copyright © Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid 2017 

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