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Aggression and Violence—the Enemies of Precision Learning in Children

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.128.4.445

Aggression and violence have a disastrous effect on the learning capacity of deprived children. The author discusses the origins of the anxiety and fear of aggression in these children; an appreciable number carry an excess of traumatic incidents and violent events during their first six years of life. The various defenses utilized by the child against his fears are the elements of the neurotically determined learning disability. The type of defense chosen by the child will determine which type of learning disability he will manifest.

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