Predictive Psychosocial Factors of Child-to-Parent Violence in a Sample of Mexican Adolescents.

The aim of this study was to carry out a psychosocial analysis of child-to-parent violence (CPV) in a sample of school adolescents, considering a set of individual variables (psychological distress, problematic use of social networking sites, and perceived non-conformist social reputation) and family variables (open and problematic communication with parents) according to sex. The sample consisted of 3,731 adolescents (54% boys), aged between 14 and 16 years (M = 14.6 years, SD = 0.567), from the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. The scores of the boys and girls were analyzed to check for differences. Also, correlations between all the study variables were calculated. Finally, a multiple stepwise regression analysis was carried out for the total sample and also for boys and girls separately. Results confirmed the important role of individual variables as predictors of CPV in boys and girls. The main difference between boys and girls was observed in the predictive weight of problematic use of social networking sites, which was higher in girls than in boys. Open communication with the father was a significant factor for predicting the decrease of CPV levels in the case of boys, while open communication with the mother predicted the decrease of CPV in girls. Problematic communication with the mother showed similar values in boys and girls when predicting CPV, however, the predictive weight of problematic communication with the father was higher in girls than in boys. These results are interesting and have important implications for the prevention of CPV.

Factores predictores de la violencia relacional en la adolescencia / Predictive factors of relational violence in adolescence

El objetivo del presente trabajo fue examinar la violencia relacional entre iguales desde una perspectiva psicosocial, analizando variables familiares (funcionamiento y comunicación familiar), sociales (reputación social - percibida e ideal - y actitud hacia la autoridad institucional) e individuales (malestar psicológico e ideación suicida) en adolescentes escolarizados. La muestra fue de 8115 adolescentes, con edades comprendidas entre los 11 y los 16 años, del estado de Nuevo León, México. Se realizó un análisis de regresión lineal múltiple, paso a paso, cuyos resultados mostraron que la dimensión más importante en la predicción de la conducta violenta relacional es la autopercepción no conformista, seguido del malestar psicológico. Finalmente, se discuten estos resultados y sus implicaciones.

The aim of this research was to study relational violence between peers from a psychosocial perspective, by analyzing family variables (family functioning and communication), social variables (social reputation ­both perceived and ideal­ and attitude towards institutional authority), and individual variables (psychological distress and suicide ideation) in adolescent students. The sample consisted of 8,115 adolescents aged 11 to 16 years from the State of Nuevo León, Mexico. We performed a forward stepwise multiple regression analysis, the results of which showed that the most important factor in the prediction of violent relational behavior at school is the nonconformist self-perception, followed by psychological distress. Finally, these results and their implications are discussed.

Análise fatorial confirmatória do Extended Class Play numa amostra portuguesa de jovens adolescentes / Confirmatory factor analysis of the Extended Class Play on a sample of portuguese young adolescents

O Extended Class Play (ECP; Burgess, Rubin, Wojslawowicz, Rose-Krasnor, & Booth, 2003) procura avaliar, através dos relatos dos pares, a reputação social dos sujeitos. O objetivo deste trabalho é testar a estrutura hexafatorial recentemente proposta, averiguando igualmente a sua adequação para género e idade, numa amostra portuguesa de 465 adolescentes (230 raparigas). Uma Análise Fatorial Confirmatória revelou que o modelo de seis fatores apresenta bons índices de ajustamento, de fiabilidade e validade e ainda boa adequação para gênero e idade. Estes resultados são consistentes com outros trabalhos, ao sugerir que o modelo hexafatorial do ECP apresenta capacidades psicométricas aceitáveis, constituindo-se como uma medida válida a utilizar na investigação sobre a reputação e o funcionamento sociais de adolescentes. (AU)

The Extended Class Play (ECP) assesses individuals' social reputation through peer reports. In this study, the recently presented six-factor structure was tested on a Portuguese sample of 465 adolescents (230 girls). A Confirmatory Factor Analysis demonstrated good fit of the data to this six-factor structure, good composite reliability and validity. Results also showed good fit to both genders and age groups. Therefore, results are consistent with previous research and suggest that this six-factor structure has good psychometric characteristics and that the ECP seems to be a valid measure for investigation on adolescents' social functioning and reputation. (AU)