thousands of children who are in foster care and need a home with a family who will love and care for them. Families lead by same-sex couples are viewed as “non-traditional households” and these parents raise their children in very much the same ways as heterosexual parents. These children grow with their adoptive families and if their parents have a stable relationship with each other and with their adoptive children, and have great support systems, then it should not be difficult for those children to thrive…

How Are Children Affected By War By: Diego Murillo Period 6 Advanced Placement Psychology Mr. Cuetara 6/04/2015 Abstract This paper reflects on the concept of how war has major psychological effects on children within its sphere of influence and how it can alters a child’s state of mind and behavior. When compared to the influence and impressionability that child have compared to adults in times of war show that children are much more susceptible to these levels of influence and later…

January 3, 2016 The Psychological and Emotional Effects of War on Soldiers We have all seen or read about the political and social upheavals caused by war. Some may have even experienced it first-hand. Throughout history war has had negative psychological implications on those effected. However, there is no greater negative impact of war than the psychological and emotional turmoil that it causes individual soldiers. To narrow down the scope of these psychological effects, I have chosen to focus…

both psychological and physical side effects in the involved children. Typically, children enter into an emotional state of fear and anxiety resulting from the monumental changes occurring within their environmental and family contexts. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) defines anxiety and fear as, “…the emotional response to real or perceived threats, whereas anxiety is anticipation of future threat” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 189). Children of divorce…

Today, over fifty years since its TV debut, animated content is a premiere form of media, consumed by children of all ages. But what has been the result of this consumption? At the intersection of communication and psychology, at the junction of media effects and cognitive development, lies a growing body of research concerned with the impact cartoons have had and continue to have on children. Research theory provides direction in this matter. The theoretical foundation of the present study is…

Through the emotional, spiritual, and psychological effects children experience during a divorce, spiritual distress and uncertainty, fears of commitment and abandonment, and disassociation from relationships manifest themselves in these children. Approximately one million children experience a parental divorce every year (Warner et al), experiencing a variety of positive and negative consequences. Since divorce causes the couples’ pain, they may become absorbed with their own problems, though they…

War is always a word which reminds Vietnamese people of an unforgettable pain in Vietnamese history. According to a statistics, there were 800000 to more than 3.1 million people who were dead in Vietnam War. A hundred of billion dollars were poured into Vietnam War such as weapons, equipment, nourishment, etc. The War has left serious consequences for every single Vietnamese people until now. Not only had it affected men, women, the old who involved directly in the battle, but it also caused a…

War has been known to cause negative mental effects among soldiers. Whether it be PTSD, depression, or a change in personality, war takes its toll. Because of its application to the real world, this common theme is often expressed in literature. In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” he explains the physical and mental burdens that soldiers carry. He also describes how these burdens create psychological stress and eliminate soldiers’ ability to feel normal emotion. Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s…

The Psychological and Emotional Effects of War on Soldiers We have all seen or read about the political and social upheavals caused by war. Some may have even experienced it first-hand. Throughout history war has had negative psychological implications on those effected. However, there is no greater negative impact of war than the psychological and emotional turmoil that it causes individual soldiers. To narrow down the scope of these psychological effects, I have chosen to focus on the Vietnam…

psychology of combat (Grossman et. al, 2007). In his book, On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, he talks about non-firing rate. Non-firing rate is the percentage of soldiers who freeze up during combat, and do not fire their weapon. There has been documentation of non-firing rate dating back to 1863, during the American Civil War. There is even documentation to prove that both World War I and II soldiers displayed the same consistence in failing to fire their…