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Prevention of Physical Violence in Early Childhood and Adolescence: Risk and Protective Factors

Physical violence among children and adolescents has long-term impacts on their health and well- being. Therefore, physical violence is a social and educational problem that has been in the focus of researchers in the field of social sciences for years. This paper analyses the latest scientific research on the risk and protective factors in the aetiology of physical violence among children and adolescents. The aim is to examine which biological, personal and social factors contribute to the development of physical violence. Aside from individual factors such as genes, personality traits or aggressiveness, factors in the environment include the family, educational institutions, peers, local community, the cultural context and the media. These factors are considered in relation to the Bronfenbrenner's ecological model of development, based on recent theoretical and empirical studies. Bronfenbrenner's model provides a holistic view of the problem of physical violence as it explains the effects of risk and protective factors through several dimensions. The identification of risk and protective factors could provide timely and targeted preventive measures that could reduce the physical violence among population of children and adolescents.

Physical Violence, Early Childhood, Adolescence, Risk and Protective Factors

Rad je objavljen u Zborniku s međunarodne znanstvene konferencije MECAS 2019 u Budimpešti, uz sudjelovanje i izlaganje autora.