Social Status and the Desire to Resort to Violence : Using the Example of Uganda's Former Child Soldiers

Crombach, Anselm; Weierstall, Roland; Hecker, Tobias; Schalinski, Inga; Elbert, Thomas

Social Status and the Desire to Resort to Violence : Using the Example of Uganda's Former Child Soldiers

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Date

2013

Publication type

Journal article

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Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma ; 22 (2013), 5. - pp. 559-575. - ISSN 1092-6771. - eISSN 1545-083X

Abstract

Committing violent acts can be appealing, fascinating, exciting, and addictive (i.e., appetitive). Cultural settings that accept vio- lence as a means to power and success promote this appetitive form of aggression. Former child soldiers of Uganda with military rank reported committing a greater variety of violent acts compared to those without rank. They experienced aggressive behavior as more positive than both those without rank and controls who had never been involved in armed groups. The relation between the number of individually committed offense types and appetitive aggression is weaker in former child soldiers without rank compared to those with rank. This indicates that the potential for rapid development of appetitive aggression is rewarded with higher social status in war-afflicted communities.

Subject (DDC)

150 Psychology

Keywords

aggression,child soldiers,exposure to violence,offender/perpetrator,social status,war/conflict/terrorism

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CROMBACH, Anselm, Roland WEIERSTALL, Tobias HECKER, Inga SCHALINSKI, Thomas ELBERT, 2013. Social Status and the Desire to Resort to Violence : Using the Example of Uganda's Former Child Soldiers. In: Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. 22(5), pp. 559-575. ISSN 1092-6771. eISSN 1545-083X. Available under: doi: 10.1080/10926771.2013.785458

BibTex

@article{Crombach2013Socia-24457,
  year={2013},
  doi={10.1080/10926771.2013.785458},
  title={Social Status and the Desire to Resort to Violence : Using the Example of Uganda's Former Child Soldiers},
  number={5},
  volume={22},
  issn={1092-6771},
  journal={Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma},
  pages={559--575},
  author={Crombach, Anselm and Weierstall, Roland and Hecker, Tobias and Schalinski, Inga and Elbert, Thomas}
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