Understanding Child-to-Parent Aggression from the Parent's Perspective
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Case Studies on Child-to-Parent Aggression: Listening to the Voice of the Parents
IRAS ID
181061
Contact name
Hue San Kuay
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Durham
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 9 months, 1 days
Research summary
Title: Case Studies on Child-to-Parent Aggression: Listening to the Voice of the Parents
Background: Child-to-parent aggression is not an uncommon scenario in the society but has been hidden due to its unpleasant nature.
Aims: This study aims to explore the lived experiences of parents who are victimised by their children who attend the Adolescent Forensic Mental Health Service in the North East of England. In specific, the objectives are:
i) To conduct semi-structured interviews on parents using the interview schedule to explore parent’s experiences of aggression from children.
ii) To conduct semi-structured interviews on parents using the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE) to explore the extent of callous-unemotional traits among the perpetrators of child-to-parent aggression.Method: Ten parents of adolescents (aged between 10-18 years old) who are referred to the Forensic CAMHS who fits our inclusion and exclusion criteria will be recruited. The inclusion criteria for the case study will be the forensic cases, only the parents of those who reported child-to-parent aggression perpetration based on the newly referred cases, and parents who give consent to be interviewed. The exclusion criteria will be rejected referrals and parents of children aged below 10 or above 18. Parents with severe medical illness and parents who are unable to provide consent will also be excluded. Parents will be recruited through West Lane Hospital, Middlesbrough. The team manager (Michael Taylor) will help to distinguish the samples with the record of aggression towards parents based on the referral letters. Parents can also participate by self-selection. The chief investigator (CI - Hue San Kuay) (who is one of the team members of the Forensic CAMHS team in the hospital) will interview the parents using an interview schedule. The schedule contains semi-structured questions (See App G: Int. Sc. Ver 2). The clinician (Melissa White) will interview the parents using semi-structured interview questions, which is the Clinical Assessment of Prosocial Emotions (CAPE; Frick, 2013)(See App H: CAPE Ver 1). The interview with parents will be a one-off interview.
Outcomes: The findings from this study may provide a guideline for practitioners, may potentially help to develop targeted intervention for parents, and provide new findings to the literature on parents’ experiences of child-to-parent aggression.
REC name
North East - Newcastle & North Tyneside 2 Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/NE/0215
Date of REC Opinion
1 Aug 2016
REC opinion
Unfavourable Opinion