Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence

Violence exercised by children against their parents has increased significantly, affecting society both directly and indirectly. This type of violence is one of the least investigated and least exposed by the media. The aim of this work is to examine how the media have portrayed this problem, by me...

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Main Authors: Juan Martínez Torvisco, Monika Wichrowska, Monica Pellerone
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Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Sociology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.985173/full
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description Violence exercised by children against their parents has increased significantly, affecting society both directly and indirectly. This type of violence is one of the least investigated and least exposed by the media. The aim of this work is to examine how the media have portrayed this problem, by means of a qualitative methodology and a multidimensional analysis of journalistic and literary texts. News related to violence committed by children against parents published from 2010 to 2020 were sourced from the following Spanish newspapers: El País, ABC, El Día, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, La Provincia, Canarias 7, 20 Minutos, and Diario de Avisos. The text corpus was subsequently analyzed with the open access software IRaMuTeQ. The results show a total of 204232 words (number of occurrences), of which 4561 appear only once (number of hapaxes). The words “violence,” “father,” and “son” are those that appear most frequently in the analysis of the texts and present a strong co-occurrence among them. It should be noted that child-to-parent violence is described as a problem confined to the family environment. The importance of prevention strategies against violence within the family context is shown in this paper.
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spelling doaj.art-50a9d8ec732e4ad5a24b104de61c74ba2023-03-08T06:27:47ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Sociology2297-77752023-03-01810.3389/fsoc.2023.985173985173Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violenceJuan Martínez Torvisco0Monika Wichrowska1Monica Pellerone2Department of Psicología Cognitiva, Socialy Organizacional, Universidad de La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, SpainUniversity of Warsaw, Warszawa, PolandFaculty of Human and Social Sciences, Kore University of Enna, Via Cittadella Universitaria, Enna, ItalyViolence exercised by children against their parents has increased significantly, affecting society both directly and indirectly. This type of violence is one of the least investigated and least exposed by the media. The aim of this work is to examine how the media have portrayed this problem, by means of a qualitative methodology and a multidimensional analysis of journalistic and literary texts. News related to violence committed by children against parents published from 2010 to 2020 were sourced from the following Spanish newspapers: El País, ABC, El Día, El Mundo, La Vanguardia, El Periódico, La Provincia, Canarias 7, 20 Minutos, and Diario de Avisos. The text corpus was subsequently analyzed with the open access software IRaMuTeQ. The results show a total of 204232 words (number of occurrences), of which 4561 appear only once (number of hapaxes). The words “violence,” “father,” and “son” are those that appear most frequently in the analysis of the texts and present a strong co-occurrence among them. It should be noted that child-to-parent violence is described as a problem confined to the family environment. The importance of prevention strategies against violence within the family context is shown in this paper.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.985173/fullviolencechild-to-parent violencenewspapersfamily relationshipsparentsqualitative analysis
spellingShingle Juan Martínez Torvisco
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Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence
Frontiers in Sociology
violence
child-to-parent violence
newspapers
family relationships
parents
qualitative analysis
title Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence
title_full Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence
title_fullStr Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence
title_full_unstemmed Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence
title_short Filio-parental violence analyzed through the Spanish press (2010–2020). Child-to-parent violence: A case of family violence
title_sort filio parental violence analyzed through the spanish press 2010 2020 child to parent violence a case of family violence
topic violence
child-to-parent violence
newspapers
family relationships
parents
qualitative analysis
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2023.985173/full
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