Menores víctimas del terrorismo: una aproximación desde la victimología del desarrollo

• Autores: Noemí Pereda Beltrán
• Localización: Anuario de psicología jurídica, ISSN 1133-0740, Nº. 22, 2012, págs. 13-24
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5093/aj2012a2
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  • español

    El impacto psicológico del terrorismo en los menores constituye un problema de salud pública sobre el que existe escasa investigación en nuestro país. Tras el reciente abandono de las armas por parte del grupo terrorista más violento en España, el presente artículo revisa los efectos del terrorismo en menores, en base a las publicaciones nacionales e internacionales al respecto. El impacto psicológico del terror es, en gran parte de los casos, y en función de determinadas variables que configuran la capacidad de resiliencia en estos niños y niñas, no generalizado y transitorio, a pesar de que la asistencia a menores por parte de especialistas en salud mental tras un atentado es escasa. Son necesarios profesionales formados en victimología del desarrollo que sepan reconocer los síntomas asociados a estas experiencias y los dañinos efectos físicos, psicológicos y sociales que pueden conllevar para un grupo significativo de niños y niñas.

  • English

    Even though children and young people are targets with a high risk of vulnerability to interpersonal victimization and their negative consequences, research on the psychological impact of terrorism on children has not been a topic of interest in Spain. After the permanent and general cease-fire by the most violent terrorist group in Spain, the present article reviews the literature on children´s victims of terrorism. International literature has shown that the impact of terror is, in most of the cases, and depending on certain variables, not generalized and transient for children. Individual´s resiliency is a factor that should be kept in mind. However, the assistance provided to children from mental health specialists after an attack is scarce and trained professionals in the field of developmental victimology are needed, who be able to recognize the physical, psychological and social adverse effects associated with these experiences for a small but significant group of children.

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