Child to Parent Violence Questionnaire (CPV-Q)

Please follow the following instructions for completing.

  1. Read each item carefully: The CPV-Q consists of 28 items, which are parallel for both fathers and mothers. These items measure different acts of psychological, physical, and financial violence, as well as behaviors demonstrating control and dominance over you the parent.

  1. Consider the past year: Think about the behavior towards you, the parent specifically in the past year while responding to each item. This will help provide an accurate reflection of your child’s actions during that time period.

  1. Use the Likert scale: For each item, indicate how often your child has carried out the behavior described against you, the parent using a Likert scale. The Likert scale ranges from 0 to 4, with the following options:

• 0 (never): Select this option if you have never engaged in the behavior described.

• 1 (rarely = it has occurred once): Choose this option if the behavior has happened only once.

• 2 (sometimes = 2-3 times): Select this option if the behavior has occurred 2 to 3 times.

• 3 (many times = 4-5 times): Choose this option if the behavior has happened 4 to 5 times.

• 4 (very often = 6 times or more): Select this option if the behavior has occurred 6 times or more.

  1. Rate the reasons for aggression: Along with the behaviors, the questionnaire also includes 8 reasons for the aggression towards parents. These reasons are also measured using a Likert scale. Consider the frequency with which these reasons apply to your child’s aggressive behavior and use the Likert scale as follows:

• 0 (never): Select this option if the reason has never applied to your child’s aggression.

• 1 (sometimes): Choose this option if the reason applies to your child’s aggression occasionally.

• 2 (almost always): Select this option if the reason frequently applies to your child’s aggression.

• 3 (always): Choose this option if the reason always applies to your child’s aggression.

Scoring:

After you have completed the questionnaire, the scoring involves analyzing your responses. The scoring provides insights into the frequency and reasons for the aggressive behavior towards you, the parent.

For each item measuring the acts of violence and control, your response on the Likert scale will be tallied. The total score will reflect the overall frequency of aggressive behavior towards you, the parent. Similarly, for the reasons for aggression, your response on the Likert scale will be tallied.

The total score will indicate the extent to which specific reasons contribute to the aggression. Higher scores on the Likert scale indicate more frequent engagement in aggressive behavior or a higher presence of specific reasons for aggression.Analyzing your scores can help professionals and researchers understand the nature and severity of child-to-parent violence and develop appropriate interventions to address the underlying issues. So, it's important to be honest and reflective when responding to each item.

Quiz:

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Please answer the following 14 questions to better analyze your current situation. For each item, indicate how often your child has carried out the behavior described against you, the parent using a Likert scale. The Likert scale ranges from 0 to 4.

  1. He/she has told me "I hate you!" "I wish you were dead!"

  1. He/she has insulted me.

  1. He/she has made offensive, degrading, and humiliating comments to me.

  1. He/she has threatened me (e.g. with hurting me, with hurting himself/herself, or with running away from home).

  1. We watch what he/she wants on TV at home.

  1. He/she has demanded me to buy him/her things even knowing I can’t afford them.

  1. He/she has incurred debts that I have had to pay.

8. He/she has thrown things at me.

9. When we have an argument he/she has the last word.

10. He/she has hit me with something that could hurt me.

11. He/she has kicked, slapped, and/or punched me.

12. He/she has stolen money from me.

13. He/she has told me that at home I have to do what he/she wants.

14. He/she has demanded that I stop what I am doing to pay attention to him/her.

The last 8 questions rates the reason for aggression. Consider the frequency with which these reasons apply to your child’s aggressive behavior. Click next to continue.

1. Because he/she wants to get come home later after going out at night.

2. To get more money from me.

3. To be bought something he/she wants. 

4. To avoid doing some chore (e.g., cleaning up her/his room). 

5. To avoid going to school and/or studying. 

6. Because of her/his own temper. 

7. In response to a previous physical aggression from me (e.g., slap, punch, shove...).  

8. In response to a previous verbal aggression from me (e.g., insult).

Thank you for completing this questionnaire. Please fill out your information below so we can reach back out to you with your results.

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About Your Coach

I’m Laurie Reid, LMFT, MCAP, licensed marriage and family counselor, certified addictions professional, former personnel man in the United States Navy, co-author of the Breaking the Cycle of Child to Parent Violence curriculum, and author of the “Parents’ Guide to Resolving Teen Aggression and Abuse” video program.


In our work with more than 600 families, we have learned that the best way to reduce abuse and violence within the home is not by separating the family, but by collaborating with the parent in a supportive and empowering stance.

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