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Some people are more apt to cope with stressful events than others. Not every child who has experienced early trauma will display psychological resilience, as each brain is wired differently; where some children may find future scenarios easier to navigate as a result, others may fall back on maladaptive coping mechanisms that make future ...
Researchers have noted that social vulnerability may be shaped by communication-related factors. People may become more vulnerable if they have trouble accessing, processing, or reacting upon information about risks and hazards. [15] The impact of social vulnerability in disasters has been investigated focusing on wildfires.
Young women are usually found to be more at risk of rape than older women. [2] [3] [4] According to data from justice systems and rape crisis centres in Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Peru, and the United States, between one-third and two-thirds of all victims of sexual assault are aged 15 years or less.
Under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a 'child protection system' provides for the protection of children in and out of the home.One of the ways this can be enabled is through the provision of quality education, the fourth of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, in addition to other child protection systems.
Young people often lack awareness of the risks of harm associated with certain behaviours, or may overestimate the risks of some behaviours while underestimating the risks of others. [7] They may be in the process of developing protective skills and behaviors, or may lack knowledge about how and where to seek help for their health concerns. [8]
More recently, the diathesis-stress model has been used to explain why some individuals are more at risk for developing a disorder than others. [9] For example, children who have a family history of depression are generally more vulnerable to developing a depressive disorder themselves.
Daly and Wilson also note that this parental love can explain why genetic offspring are more immune to lashing out by parents. [16] They assert that, "Child-specific parental love is the emotional mechanism that permits people to tolerate—even to rejoice in—those long years of expensive, unreciprocated parental investment". [ 16 ]
Some children act out through anger and are more aggressive than other children. Even in situations that do not call for it, children will respond with anger. [13] Children and young people particularly highlighted angry feelings as a consequence of experiencing domestic violence. [14]