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Examining intergenerational violence: violent role modeling or weak parental controls?

Constance L Chapple1

  • 1Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0324, USA. cchapple2@unl.edu

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|June 21, 2003
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Witnessing inter-parental violence and low parental monitoring are linked to adolescent dating violence. Parental attachment and controls also influence attitudes toward violence, impacting future intimate partner violence.

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Area of Science:

  • Family Violence Research
  • Criminology
  • Developmental Psychology

Background:

  • Research indicates a link between parental violence and children's future intimate partner violence.
  • Social control theory posits that weak parental controls correlate with delinquent behaviors.
  • Limited research explores the intersection of parental violence, controls, and adolescent dating violence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the association between inter-parental violence and parent-child attachments, monitoring, dating behaviors, violence attitudes, and dating violence.
  • To investigate the independent and interactive effects of inter-parental violence and parental controls on dating violence offending and attitudes.

Main Methods:

  • Survey data analysis
  • Statistical modeling to assess associations and interactions

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Main Results:

  • Dating violence offending is significantly associated with witnessed inter-parental violence, high dating frequency, and low parental monitoring.
  • Attitudes toward violence are linked to witnessed inter-parental violence, lower parental attachment, and the interaction between witnessed inter-parental violence and parental attachment.

Conclusions:

  • Findings support the role of social learning and social control theories in understanding dating violence.
  • Inter-parental violence and parental monitoring are critical factors in adolescent dating violence.
  • Interventions should consider family dynamics and parental supervision to prevent dating violence.