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Do experiences of violence in the living environment make children violent?
The social behavior of children and adolescents is shaped not only by the family, but also by the neighborhood. For example, violence in the living environment has a strong negative impact on adolescents. An international research group has now found out.
Adverse mental development
In Europe, disorders of social behavior are among the most common reasons for registering in child and adolescent psychiatric departments. These disorders are characterized by oppositional, aggressive and dissocial behavior (dissociality) and are often associated with an unfavorable psychological development. Those affected have a high risk of dropping out of school, lack of professional integration, the development of mental illnesses or crime.
Influence on the development of aggressive and anti-social behavior
The researchers around the project coordinator Prof. Christine M. Freitag, director of the Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy of Childhood and Adolescence at the University Clinic in Frankfurt, investigated the extent to which violence in the living environment has a negative impact on the development of aggressive and anti-social behavior may have.
Such violent experiences can include experienced or observed brawls, persecutions or threats.
The study is part of the FemNAT-CD research project, a large Europe-wide, EU-funded consortium that aims to better understand the interaction of psychosocial and genetic factors in disorders of social behavior.
The results of the study were published in the journal "Frontiers of Behavioral Neuroscience Research".
An essential factor in the development of disorders in social behavior
The researchers examined a total of 1,178 children and adolescents between the ages of 9 and 18 from seven European countries.
In addition to children and adolescents with a diagnosed social behavior disorder (516 subjects), the study also included healthy children and adolescents (662 subjects) for the first time.
The results show that children and adolescents with frequent violent experiences in their living environment show more anti-social behavior than children and adolescents without such experiences.
“This applies not only to children and adolescents who have previously shown behavioral problems, but also to healthy people. The study clearly proves that experiences of violence are an essential factor in the development of disorders in social behavior and aggressive behavior in children and adolescents, ”explains Prof. Freitag in a communication.
Break the vicious circle with prevention
According to the authors, the results could help develop prevention programs and support initiatives to support children and adolescents who have already experienced violence.
"The study suggests that efforts to establish prevention programs in areas with high levels of violence and crime should be stepped up," says Prof. Christina Stadler from the University Psychiatric Clinics in Basel, who also played a key role in the study.
"The aim is to prevent the potential isolation of young people with a lot of experience of violence and thus to break the dangerous vicious circle of experience of violence and violence," said the expert. (ad)
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