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How do young offenders describe their parents?

Jaana Haapasalo

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medicine.medical_specialtymedia_common.quotation_subjectPoison controlHuman factors and ergonomicsSuicide preventionOccupational safety and healthPathology and Forensic MedicineDevelopmental psychologyInjury preventionmedicineDomestic violencePsychiatryPsychologyApplied PsychologyYoung maleAutonomymedia_common

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The study examined (1) what dimensions of parenting would emerge from retrospective reports of parental behaviour, and (2) whether childhood family violence and parental problems are associated with later perceptions of parenting among 89 young male Finnish inmates. The inmates completed the Parent Behaviour Inventory (PBI) and the Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS). Data on childhood family violence and parental problems were obtained from two files. The PBI yielded three factors and the CTS two factors for both mothers and fathers. When the PBI and CTS factors were combined into a principalcomponents analysis, five dimensions of perceptions of parenting emerged: maternal rejection, paternal rejection, autonomy, control, and ineffective parenting in the family. The inmates' childhood family violence and parental problems were associated with maternal rejection, paternal rejection and ineffective parenting in the family.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2001-02-01Legal and Criminological Psychology
https://doi.org/10.1348/135532501168226