Violence Is Rapid Growth Like A Contagious Disease

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Dec 22, 2016 05:58 AM EST

Violence among teenagers spreads rapidly like a contagious disease and is now becoming a societal problem. A new study shows that most of the teenagers were up to 183 percent commits and carry out a violence acts if one of their friends also committed the same act.  

According to Medical Express, there is a result shows that participants in the research were at 48 percent possibly experience a serious fight. While 183 percent of it was possibly have hurt someone badly, and 140 percent most likely drag a weapon on someone. 

Teenagers nowadays have the highest rate of committing violence. This kind of act usually obtained through the influence by a group of friends. 

According to News Osu Edu, the lead author of the said research, Robert Bond showed a data which they had estimated from two different points in time or a year apart. Researchers calculated the effect by recognizing whether friends had committed more act of violence at a time. 

If a one person commits a violent act it can spread rapidly because of the connection between two or more person. Most common violent attacks are those violent reactions,  talking with harsh words that could commonly lead to serious fights, and also includes bullying. 

Parents or guardians should need to make a simple way of teaching their kids on how to deal with this kind of act. Brad Bushman, the professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University, offered 2 suggestions on how to contain this kind of act. 

First is keeping teenagers from going out with young people who have committed violent acts. Second if they are exposed to violence cure them by teaching other ways to get what they want besides adopting violent acts. 

Teenagers should need a strong parental guidance to teach them good values in life so that they can be more productive in the future. 

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