Citation

Bartle-Haring S, Slesnick N, Carmona J. J. Fam. Violence 2015; 30(2): 149-159.

Affiliation

Department of Human Sciences, Human Development and Family Science, The Ohio State University.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10896-014-9659-5

PMID

25684856

PMCID

PMC4326100

Abstract

Over a 2-year period, with assessments every six months, the reciprocity in violent behaviors (verbal and physical) was investigated in a sample of 161 adolescents, who met the criteria for substance or alcohol abuse or dependence, and their caregivers, who participated in a clinical trial for family treatment for adolescent substance abuse. Using observed variables in a structural equation model with panel data, there was very little stability in violent behaviors across time from the perspectives of both the adolescents and caregivers. Evidence for violence reciprocity between adolescent and caregiver was demonstrated toward the end of the study period. The results are discussed in the context of previous literature about adolescent-to-parent violence.

Language: en