Concept
Psychological abuse
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Parental abuse by children
Abuse of parents by their children, also known as child-to-parent violence (CPV), is a form of domestic violence where parents receive maltreatment from their child or children. It is one of the most under-reported and under-researched subject areas in the field of psychology. Parents are quite often subject to levels of childhood aggression in excess of normal childhood aggressive outbursts, typically in the form of verbal or physical abuse. Parent abuse has been defined by Cottrell (2001, p.