This article examines violence by children against parents, with particular emphasis on
violence against mothers. The data are from interviews with parents of a nationally …

OBJECTIVE:: This paper discusses the ways in which existing microeconomic theories of
partner abuse, intra-family bargaining, and distribution of resources within families may …

ABSTRACT A survey of 151 mothers to determine characteristics of violence experienced
from their children. The survey assessed the length of time they had been single parents, the …

An important aspect of the pattern of interaction in the family is the amount of conflict
between husband and wife. This chapter presents data on several of the factors that have …

The link between interpersonal violence and violence to animals has been suggested, but
rarely studied empirically, especially by family scholars. This study of 267 college …

Objective: To investigate the relative importance of wife abuse as a risk factor for physical
child abuse, physical punishment, and verbal child abuse. The study explored the …

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 …

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 …

The cycle of violence posits that victimized children grow up to victimize others. Three forms
of the cycle have never been tested: whether exposure to physical victimization and …

To search for indicators of violence against mothers of child abuse victims by husbands or
boyfriends, the women's medical records were reviewed and compared to records of …