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- Title
Diferencias en los tipos y niveles de agresividad en adolescentes víctimas y no víctimas del conflicto armado en Colombia.
- Authors
Morales Cardona, Jennifer; Alfredo Tamayo, Diego; Klimenko, Olena; Hernández Calle, Jonathan Andrés
- Abstract
Background: Colombia has been a country with numerous precedents of armed conflict, which has left great consequences in the people who have been victims of it, as the decrease of favorable economic, social and cultural conditions, displacement, sexual violence and multiple mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, difficulties establishing interpersonal relationships, aggression, and so on. The last mentioned, is relevant since, when it is experienced by young victims of the armed conflict, it encourages externalized behaviors, and instead of reducing the problem of violence in the country, it keeps growing. Objective: Describing the levels and types of aggressiveness in adolescents between 12 and 17 years old, victims and non-victims of the armed conflict in Colombia, according to their current socio-demographic conditions. Method: A sample of 58 adolescents; between 12 and 17 years old, was taken; 22 victims and 36 non-victims of the armed conflict, belonging to one educative institution. A test CAPI-A (premeditated and impulsive aggressiveness questionnaire in adolescents) and a brief sociodemographic questionnaire was employed. Results: Among the most relevant results, it was found that there is a higher prevalence of the different types of aggression in the group of non-victim youths compared to the group of victims. This indicates the presence of multiple external and internal factors that may favor aggressiveness, such as an environment where people coexist with violent behavior and social messages that incite aggression.
- Publication
Psicoespacios, 2018, Vol 12, Issue 21, p23
- ISSN
2145-2776
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25057/21452776.1093