Sunday, October 25, 2009

What will happen if experienced violence at childhood time??

Violent Upbringing May Lead To Domestic Violence

ScienceDaily (Oct. 6, 2009) — A recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult romantic relationships and are at a higher risk to experience marital difficulties.
The research reveals that early exposure to a violent environment is likely to lead to domestic violence situations later in life. Feelings of insecurity, abandonment anxiety, and intimacy issues are also likely to plague these romantic connections.
Additionally, the dynamics of the way couples react and communicate with each other is also related to the likelihood of domestic violence within a relationship. For example, men tend to use violence towards their partner as a means to exert a desire for personal space or avoidance of emotional issues in response to the "clingy" or intrusive behavior of his female partner.
This research highlights the importance of domestic violence prevention efforts starting at the childhood level, within family environments as well as school and community based settings. Moreover, prevention efforts allow the victim to relate long-harbored painful childhood violent experiences and rectify internal representations of self that cause long-term damage to valuable inter-personal relationships and families.
Journal reference:
Natacha Godbout, Donald G. Dutton, Yvan Lussier, Stéphane Sabourin. Early exposure to violence, domestic violence, attachment representations, and marital adjustment. Personal Relationships, 2009; DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6811.2009.01228.x
Web reference : http://www.sciencedaily.com/




Personal opinion
I have heard a sentence said that children is the mirror of parents, once again it has been proven by this article I read. In this article stated that a person tends to be violence after experiencing violence at his or her early age.
I strongly agree that the attitude showed by children is learned from people around them. The closest people with the children usually are their parent, in the other words children are learned from their parent. Children can be said as pure as a white paper and they learn everything which happen around them, they also unable to differentiate whether it is wrong or right but just repeat it out exactly the way hey saw.
If a child had experienced violence, they would think that this is the way to express their desire. They will started to lose their social and communication skill with the society. This will make them isolated by the society and hence leading to certain level of personality’s disorder.
After their marriage they will treat the same way after their father did to them towards their children. The next generation will be on the same journey as their folks gone through. This article alert us about the importance of domestic violence prevention efforts starting at the childhood level, within family environments as well as school and community based settings.
Hope that parents will aware that their attitude and attention toward children are necessary in the effort of preventing violence. Try to stop the violence passing on to our next generation and make this world stay harmony as it should be.

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