Political violence, coping, and depressive symptomatology in Northern Irish children

Abstract

The present study compared 57 primary seven children (11 year olds) who live in an area of high political violence to 63 comparable children from an area of low political violence on the Birleson depression questionnaire. No significant difference was, however, obtained between the two schools. As with previous work, the present study is not able to provide evidence that children are affected by the political violence in Northern Ireland. In addition, we report preliminary data on the role of denial and support.