This paper critically discusses the available research on parental abuse. It is argued that
there is a lack of information on incidents of child-to-parent violence, presumably because …

The paucity of attention paid to adolescent violence towards parents is indicated by the
sparse literature on the topic. Clearly, there is an urgent need to conduct research into this …

Adolescent violence towards parents is one of the most poorly understood forms of family
violence despite it being relatively common. This paper presents an overview of current …

Adolescent violence to parents is a serious issue and one that has been under researched
and under resourced. Anecdotal and other evidence suggests it is increasing. Up to one …

Family violence research has focused on spouse and child abuse and largely ignored the
third major type of family violence: parent abuse. This study uses data from a national …

Until relatively recently, the focus of research, policy and intervention responses to abuse
and violence within families has been almost exclusively on the behaviour of adults rather …

The recognition of multiple forms of violence at the state, community and family levels has
been one of the pivotal developments in the study of family violence in the last three …

A recent focus of research and clinical practice has been on the issue of abuse of parents by
their children (parent abuse). This paper reviews the literature on this phenomenon. While …

This paper focuses on parental maltreatment, a rarely documented phenomenon. We
prospectively examine factors that can increase the risk of abusive behavior toward mothers …

Adolescent-to-parent abuse is a serious social problem that has received limited attention
from researchers and service providers. Most knowledge about this type of violence in the …