@article{ref1,
title="Violence of French adolescents toward their parents: characteristics and contexts",
journal="Journal of Adolescent Health",
year="1999",
author="Laurent, A. and Derry, A.",
volume="25",
number="1",
pages="21-26",
abstract="PURPOSE: To determine the social, familial, and psychiatric characteristics of children who batter their parent(s); and to report clinical vignettes of this phenomenon and contexts which precipitate such violence. METHODS: In this retrospective study, we analyzed the medical records of the 645 children hospitalized in a child and adolescent psychiatry department between 1987 and 1996. RESULTS: The principle findings were that: (a) 3.4% of the patients demonstrate parent battering; (b) the average age of parent batterers is 14 years old, and they are predominately male; and (c) their mothers are more often the victims than their fathers, and there is a high frequency of psychiatric disorders among parents. Seven clinical vignettes have been presented to represent different family contexts of the 22 cases of domestic violence in this study. CONCLUSIONS: Further studies are needed to deepen our knowledge of violence perpetrated by adolescents toward their parents. A better knowledge of etiological mechanisms involved would permit more preventative action for families at risk.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1054-139X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}