TY - SER AU - Crichton-Hill, Yvonne AU - Evans,Nikki AU - Meadows,Letitia TI - Adolescent violence towards parents SN - 1176-5249 PY - 2006/// CY - Christchurch PB - Te Awatea Press KW - FAMILY VIOLENCE KW - FVC KW - ADOLESCENTS KW - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE KW - LITERATURE REVIEWS KW - PARENTAL ABUSE KW - PARENTS KW - SIBLING ABUSE KW - NEW ZEALAND N1 - Te Awatea Review 4(2) December 2006 : 21-22 N2 - This brief article reports upon a literature review designed to provide the basis for the development of a study of adolescent violence towards parents (or parental abuse) in order to address this gap in the wider New Zealand family violence literature. Having established that no direct research relating to adolescent violence towards parents has been undertaken in New Zealand, the authors survey the UK, US, Canadian and Australian literatures relating to this topic. The literature review discusses a number of topics relating to parental abuse including its prevalence, causes, the effects of inter-generational violence within families, the likelihood of under-reporting and potential links between adolescent violence towards parents and youth violence in general. The proposed research design, ethical and other considerations are discussed UR - http://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE974487 ER -