Socio-cognitive variables involved in the relationship between violence exposure at home and child-to-parent violence

ConclusionsMore prevention work is needed with children exposed to violence at home to reduce the risk of intergenerational transmission of violence. Moreover, treatment programs should include intervention on the way in which adolescents process the information in their interactions with parents. These interventions must be focused on different components of social-cognitive processing, depending on whether these aggressive behaviors are motivated by reactive or instrumental reasons.
Source: Journal of Adolescence - Category: Child Development Source Type: research