Interpersonal Violence: Secondary Analysis of the KySS Data
Interpersonal Violence: Secondary Analysis of the KySS Data
A total of 621 children/teens and 603 parents responded to the original KySS survey. Of those who responded, 563 dyads responded to every IPV item selected for the secondary analysis. Based on a χ analysis, no differences were found between the demographic characteristics of the KySS sample for all items and those within the KySS sample who responded to each of the 15 IPV items. The children had a mean age of 14 (SD = 2.2) years, with the majority self-identifying their race as White (65.1%) and their gender as female (62.4%). Parent responders ranged in age from 18 to 60+ years, with the majority being between 31 and 50 years (83.9%). Most parent respondents were married (64.4%), female (85.9), had some or had completed college (62.5%), and self-reported their race as White (71.8%). The average household income was more than $50,000 ((Melnyk et al., 2002).
Of the IPV respondents sample of 563 dyads, 68 dyads (12.1%) demonstrated no difference on the IPV items, 122 (21.7%) disagreed by 2 or more units on one IPV item, 138 (24.5%) disagreed on two IPV items, and 86 (15.3%) disagreed on three IPV items. The remaining 149 parent/child dyads (26.4%) had a two or more unit disagreement on four or more IPV items. We found that gender and age of the child influenced agreement (Table 1). Cohorts with two or more unit differences on IPV items included single mothers/sons, all mothers/sons, and all fathers/daughters. Single mothers/sons (n = 89 dyads) disagreed on a mean of 2.50 IPV items. All mothers (married, separated, divorced, and single)/sons (n = 159 dyads) disagreed on a mean of 2.36 IPV items. All fathers/daughters (n = 29 dyads) disagreed on an average of 2.14 IPV items. We also noted differences in parent/child agreement in different child age groupings. The child age group of 10 to 12 years (n = 155) disagreed with their parents on the greatest number of IPV items (M = 2.9 items). In the 13- to 15-year age group (n = 259), there were fewer IPV items with parent/child disagreement (M = 2.54 items), and the 16- to 18-year age group (n = 149) had the fewest number of items of disagreement (M = 2.0).
Parent rankings on six of the 10 knowledge/attitude items had significant differences from that of the children/teen responses, including multigenerational sexual abuse, the effect of harsh parenting leading to violence in children, effects of witnessing domestic violence, incidence of physical abuse, and incidence of sexual abuse (Table 2). No difference was found between parents and children/teens on items related to school bullying, teens who are violent, teens who were physically abused, and corporal punishment.
The parents worried more frequently about IPV occurring to the children than the children/teens worried about it for themselves. When a t test was computed to determine the strength of the differences between parent and child means, two of the frequency of worry items differed significantly. Parents worried about sexual abuse/rape and about the parent-child relationship with greater frequency than did the children/teens (p < .001) (Table 3). The most agreement between parents and children/teens was on their frequency of worry about violence/being hurt and physical abuse/neglect.
Results
A total of 621 children/teens and 603 parents responded to the original KySS survey. Of those who responded, 563 dyads responded to every IPV item selected for the secondary analysis. Based on a χ analysis, no differences were found between the demographic characteristics of the KySS sample for all items and those within the KySS sample who responded to each of the 15 IPV items. The children had a mean age of 14 (SD = 2.2) years, with the majority self-identifying their race as White (65.1%) and their gender as female (62.4%). Parent responders ranged in age from 18 to 60+ years, with the majority being between 31 and 50 years (83.9%). Most parent respondents were married (64.4%), female (85.9), had some or had completed college (62.5%), and self-reported their race as White (71.8%). The average household income was more than $50,000 ((Melnyk et al., 2002).
Of the IPV respondents sample of 563 dyads, 68 dyads (12.1%) demonstrated no difference on the IPV items, 122 (21.7%) disagreed by 2 or more units on one IPV item, 138 (24.5%) disagreed on two IPV items, and 86 (15.3%) disagreed on three IPV items. The remaining 149 parent/child dyads (26.4%) had a two or more unit disagreement on four or more IPV items. We found that gender and age of the child influenced agreement (Table 1). Cohorts with two or more unit differences on IPV items included single mothers/sons, all mothers/sons, and all fathers/daughters. Single mothers/sons (n = 89 dyads) disagreed on a mean of 2.50 IPV items. All mothers (married, separated, divorced, and single)/sons (n = 159 dyads) disagreed on a mean of 2.36 IPV items. All fathers/daughters (n = 29 dyads) disagreed on an average of 2.14 IPV items. We also noted differences in parent/child agreement in different child age groupings. The child age group of 10 to 12 years (n = 155) disagreed with their parents on the greatest number of IPV items (M = 2.9 items). In the 13- to 15-year age group (n = 259), there were fewer IPV items with parent/child disagreement (M = 2.54 items), and the 16- to 18-year age group (n = 149) had the fewest number of items of disagreement (M = 2.0).
Parent rankings on six of the 10 knowledge/attitude items had significant differences from that of the children/teen responses, including multigenerational sexual abuse, the effect of harsh parenting leading to violence in children, effects of witnessing domestic violence, incidence of physical abuse, and incidence of sexual abuse (Table 2). No difference was found between parents and children/teens on items related to school bullying, teens who are violent, teens who were physically abused, and corporal punishment.
The parents worried more frequently about IPV occurring to the children than the children/teens worried about it for themselves. When a t test was computed to determine the strength of the differences between parent and child means, two of the frequency of worry items differed significantly. Parents worried about sexual abuse/rape and about the parent-child relationship with greater frequency than did the children/teens (p < .001) (Table 3). The most agreement between parents and children/teens was on their frequency of worry about violence/being hurt and physical abuse/neglect.
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