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This 12 page paper provides an overview of some views on violence and PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The development of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is linked to the experiencing of a variety of different types of violence. Children who have been exposed to sexual violence, to parental interpersonal violence, to gang violence and even to war, all demonstrate similar symptomologies that can be linked to PTSD. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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violence and even to war, all demonstrate similar symptomologies that can be linked to PTSD. There are a variety of studies that have viewed the variables of violence and
PTSD in young children, and there is an emerging body of evidence that underscores the fact that children who have experienced community violence, either in the form of gang warfare
or war, demonstrate similar characteristics relative to PTSD diagnoses. In considering the connection between these two variables, it is necessary to relate to the conceptual view of violence as
it influences early psychosocial development. This can then be contextualized through a view of PTSD and then connections can be made to existing studies of the outcomes of PTSD
assessments in young children who have experienced community violence. Violence Children are often exposed to a wide variety of experiences that can be viewed as violent. Studies since
the 1990s suggest that there is an increasing amount of violence in the home, with a growing number of children being raised in families where domestic violence is common (Herzberger,
1996). Mazza and Reynolds (1999) argue that violence and exposure to violence are substantial concerns for parents and educators, and the present data from the Center for Disease Control
and others that underscore the connection between violence and urban life. "Data gathered by the Center for Disease Control (1995) and others (Fingerhut, Ingram, & Feldman, 1992; Richters &
Martinez, 1993; Schubiner, Scott, & Tzelepis, 1993) suggest that violence and exposure to violence are relatively common experiences in children and adolescents. Gladstein, Rusonis, and Heald (1992) reported that only
12% of inner-city adolescents indicated that they had not been exposed to violence. The relatively widespread exposure to violence in youth indicates the need to examine potentially detrimental outcomes that
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