Aggressive behaviour in children includes a range of behaviour including, physical abuse, emotional harm, threats, bullying, harm to animals, tantrum and arm assault. Children with aggressive behaviour show distress, get very upset, and hard to calm. Some children may cause physical abuse or emotional harm to others. The aggressive child may be verbally and emotionally abusive. They often have difficulty to control their temper and get upset and annoyed by others. The aggressive behaviour can disrupt a lesson, hurt, intimidate and frighten other children. When the aggressive behaviour increases, it threatens the safety of other children. The aggressive child might slap, poke or pinch other children. Throw small objects or bang and break things …show more content…
There are many factors that can influence aggressive behaviour:
Poor parenting: ineffective parenting style such as authoritarian that is controlling and harshly disciplines the child; neglectful parenting style that leads to poor supervision; and over indulgent parenting style that is very permissive. Also if the parent has depression or alcoholic that will cause stress to the child.
Exposure to violence: the exposure can happen at school or at home or in the community. This can happen through television, video games. Exposure to violence causes mental and emotional harm to the child and this child most likely to be involved in violence himself. Social and Economical factors; if the family going through stressful situation, conflict, single parenting or unemployment that will affect the child negatively and can lead to violence.
Psychotic condition: like paranoia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder can cause the child to be aggressive due to fear or suspicion.
Health condition: like autism, mental retardation, attention- deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or brain injury.
Life Experience: if the child experienced an actual truma or lack of a secure environment and he cannot deal with his frustration will cause aggression in the
However, it is very likely that other factors also played a significant role. Teenagers develop violent behavioral patterns from their family and peers. They also observe it in their neighborhoods and communities. One of my friends from public school, told me he learned to fight from some of his older friends, who were members of a
Sasha Parkinson Ms. Rollins APLAC 28 April 2014 Violent Children Life is such a precious thing, yet it can be taken away so easily. What does one do when a precious loved one’s life is taken away from them? This is a common question that people tend to find themselves asking. Young children have committed violent crimes for centuries now, and it seems that it has got worse this generation, yet our courts seem to let them off easier than they deserve. A child who can take a life without regret or thoughts deserves to be charged as an adult; he or she made an adult decision so they need to accept the consequences.
Aggression: Violence and crime has gone down in the past years. Misconceptions about crime and murders: the majority of cases is by someone are done. Homecide rates (the majority) done by partners. There is a common factor with aggression with kids: parental abuse, neglect or any other hardship in the childhood. Mitigating factors: lessen the severe act.
Violent media has been proven to cause a child to become aggressive. Media such as video games, television and internet all contain violence that is shown to the public for entertainment. Younger children have cartoons on television that contain explosions and they look up to these animations wishing they can duplicate the cartoons actions. Older children have a tendency to want to play video games and most of these are full of violent media. The most popular games are fighting and shooting games. These older children might have siblings that want to be just like their older brother or sister and begin to have a negative impact caused by the type of media they watch. The internet contains unlimited data,
Aggression can be referred as a range of behaviors that can result in physical damage to oneself, to others, or objects nearby. Aggressive should not be confused with assertiveness. Being aggressive involves the intent of hurting another (either verbal or physical). Aggression is common in everyday society. We are exposed to aggression every day. It is exposed in the workplace, at home, in school, or just in the neighborhood. The news is filled with horror stories that include rape, murder, assault, abuse, child abuse, sexual harassment and morbid diseases human beings are suffering from. Psychologists have had many approaches and thoughts when it comes to aggression. Psychologists such as Konrad Lorenz (1966) focused on the ethological theory, and Sigmund Freud (1920) analyzed his psychodynamic approach to understand aggression. Then there’s the social/biosocial explanations offered by the frustration/aggression by John Dollard (1939), social learning by Albert Bandura (1961)
One example of a behavior in toddlerhood is relational aggression. This can be seen when a child is refused involvement or left out by another child (Newman & Newman, 2018). This type of behavior is something that if not handled, no matter seen in a girl or a boy can present itself again later in life. Kicking, hitting, pushing, and biting are all normal age appropriate behaviors for a toddler. While a parent may feel embarrassed that their child is engaging in violent acts, what is more important is how the
some children have more problems with aggression than others. If your child's aggressive behavior is frequent and severe, interferes with school or other organized activities, and results in physically attacking other children or adults, talk to the nurse or doctor. Together we can try to get to the bottom of the problem and see if it needs the intervention of a psychologist or psychiatrist . Concluding with the article sometimes there is a learning problem or behavior behind the frustration and anger, sometimes the problem is with family or emotional problems. It is highly unlikely that you need professional help, but if your child needs help, it is a relief to know you do not have to solve the problem by yourself.
Case studies are a collection of data obtained using various methods gathered on an individual or group to record areas of interest in order to assist with analysis and provide recommendations. The study should include the name of the person, although this should be protected to provide anonymity where appropriate, and a brief description of the subject. The setting where the study is to be performed should be included. The aim of the observation must be presented along with a report of the findings. The type of method used will depend upon the subject and the area of interest. Data is gathered on the subject in this case observations were used to provide the data. An interpretation of the study will be made in order to provide a conclusion and recommendations made if applicable. Freud famously used the case studies that he carried out on his patients to develop his Psychoanalytic Theory.
The article, “Bullies and Their Victims”, by Berk (2010) gives an analysis of how bullies and their victims develop, what makes them persistent and how they and their victims can be assisted. Bullying is an activity that thrives mostly in a school setting because of peers and the various cultures and diversities among them. Interactions are inevitable among children, but bullying is destructive because it aims at peer victimisation. Both boys and girls have the ability to become bullies but the majority of them are boys who use physical and verbal attacks on their victims. In the more recent generations, the means of bullying is amplified in the adolescent stage by using electronic means like cyber bullying. Students will rarely like bullies but if they do, it is because of their leadership abilities or influential personalities. Their peers may join or stand by to watch as the victims are bullied.
With the seemingly endless causes and proponents related to childhood aggression, it can be difficult to pin-point effective strategies to find resolutions before it progresses into active violence. Without proper treatment, childhood aggression will further develop into violent tendencies and peer bullying, creating a multitude of short and long-term difficulties for all of those involved. By remedying the underlying issues before it escalates, children can learn how to effectively prevent and manage their own emotions and aggression, while attaining the tools necessary to help others do the same. Providing anger management resources will allow students a safe space to divulge their feelings without fear of punishment. Bullying, and the aggression
There are many risk factors that can play a role in what causes a child or adolescent to become violent besides exposure to violent movies and video games. The individual risk factors are having a history of being a victim to violence, having attention deficits or other learning disabilities, history of aggressive behaviors, participation and use of drugs and alcohol, having an intellectual disability, emotional problems, exposure to family violence (Youth Violence: Risk and Protective Factors, 2017). The risk factors that involves the family aspect and a child/adolescent to be more prone to aggressive behaviors are having parents who take on a more authoritarian parenting style, little to no parental involvement, harsh discipline taken out on them, parental education level and economic background are just a few risk factors that pertain to the individual and their family (Youth Violence: Risk and Protective Factors, 2017). There are many risk factors that
This is a highly debated subject that I do not feel has a definitive answer. In my personal opinion I do not think violent media such as games, music, and movies cause social aggression in the majority of people. I do however believe that "reality" T.V (not actual reality T.V shows) but media such as the news and social media can contribute a lot to social aggression. When people think things are going on in real life on a constant bases it can cause a revolt. For example, the police officer shootings and brutality recently publicized over the last few years has lead to an increase in animosity towards police. Even though statistics show the number of police shootings and brutality is a very small percentage of actual stops and arrests. However,
According to the scientist research, when children see violence, they become to aggressive way and want to destroy it for little pieces.
can lead to long term mental health issues, often times worse than aggression. In early childhood,
Brandyn is a 9-year-old boy who is having issues with his behavior both at home and at school. He becomes angry when his teacher reprimands him for inappropriate behavior in class and towards his classmates. He bullies the other children and does not seem offended if he is placed on punishment for his inappropriate behavior. Brandyn lives in a single parent home; his mom works a lot of hours to provide for them and she also states her son is misbehaving at home. She is concerned he is following the path of his non-existent father.