Child-to-parent Violence Questionnaire (CPV-Q)validation among Spanish adolescents

  1. Lourdes Contreras 1
  2. Claudio Bustos-Navarrete 2
  3. M. Carmen Cano-Lozano 1
  1. 1 Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Jaén
  2. 2 Universidad de Concepción, Chile
Journal:
International journal of clinical and health psychology

ISSN: 1697-2600

Year of publication: 2019

Volume: 19

Issue: 1

Pages: 67-74

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1016/J.IJCHP.2018.09.001 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

More publications in: International journal of clinical and health psychology

Abstract

Background/Objective: Child-to-parent violence has generated great interest on the part of professionals and researchers in recent years. Consequently, there is a need to provide an assessment instrument that includes a wide range of child-to-parent violence behaviours and all of elements that define this type of violence. Thus, the purpose of the current study was to analyse the structure, reliability and validity of the CPV-Q, an instrument to assess child-to-parent violence behaviours, including the reasons for aggression against parents. Method: A total of 1,386 Spanish adolescents (55.2% females; Mage= 14.7, SD = 1.7) were assessed using the CPV-Q. We obtained descriptive statistics of the items, the internal structure of the scale using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, its reliability, and external evidence of its validity. Results: Data indicated a matrix of 4 factors with 14 parallel items (for the father and for the mother). Reasons for child-to-parent violence were grouped into instrumental and reactive reasons. Conclusion: The CPV-Q presents adequate psychometric properties; thus, it is proposed as a useful instrument to assess child-to-parent violence in both professional and research settings.

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Funding information

This work is part of the Project “Child-to-parent violence: An emergent social problem. Study of prevalence and psychosocial variables involved”, funded by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund. Reference PSI2015-65950-R (MINECO/FEDER). Appendix A

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