MLADI I IZLOŽENOST RATNIM DOGAĐAJIMA
YOUNG PEOPLE AND EXPOSURE TO WAR
Author(s): Vlado Šakić, Renata Franc, Boris MlačićSubject(s): Military history, Evaluation research, Studies in violence and power, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Institut društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar
Keywords: Young people; war; conflict;
Summary/Abstract: This paper is part of a broader research of psychosocial status and the quality of life of Croatian youth conducted during 1998. In the work the correlation between traumatic war experiences of children and some aspects of their behaviour as adolescents was analysed on a representative Croatian sample several years after the war. It has been determined that there is a mild yet statistically significant correlation between the mentioned sets of variables. A connection was established between war experiences and milder forms of risky behaviour as well as between war experiences and social deviations, whereas the correlation between antisocial behaviour and drug addiction on the one hand and war experiences on the other was not statistically significant. Behavioural disorders are more expressed in the population of adolescents who were more exposed to traumatic war experiences and in regions that were directly involved in war conflicts.
Journal: Društvena istraživanja - Časopis za opća društvena pitanja
- Issue Year: 11/2002
- Issue No: 58+59
- Page Range: 379-393
- Page Count: 15
- Language: Croatian