Violence and aggression in children and youth

A socio-psychological perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID12417331
AuthorsAdam Fraczek (corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume4
Issue01
Pages75-75
Publication date1996-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1062-7987 • E-ISSN: 1474-0575
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1062798700001769
OpenAlexW4245027007
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

The article concerns group-and-culture-related manifestations of interpersonal violence and aggression in children and youths. It is well documented that the intensity of aggressive behaviour in children depends more on the socio-cultural environment in which they live in than on their sex per se. One typical form of group-related violence is bullying/victimization in schools. Violence and hostility against some members of the ingroup and outgroups can develop as a result of a threat to positive social identity of the individual's own group. However, such social groups as juvenile delinquent gangs are organized/integrated around hostile and violent activities as basic values. The juvenile delinquent gang is a product of several societal processes and structural influences, which include socio-demographic factors as well as a criminal subculture. Several socio-normative conditions, i.e. disorganization of social life, diffusion of responsibility, moral approval of aggression, are important prerequisites of violence and aggression escalation in the world of young people

Aggression · Criminology · Developmental psychology · Hostility · Ingroups and outgroups · Juvenile delinquency · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Cultural Differences and Values · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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