Comparison and contrast paragraph by Nina Kavatsyuk

Children’s exposure to adult domestic violence results in two main behavioral patterns: an aggressor’s behavior and a victim’s behavior. An aggressor’s behavior is characterized by the children’s law self-esteem, similarly, a victim’s behavior is caused by the children’s negative perception of themselves. Children as aggressors can not control their negative feelings and often are violent towards their peers, whereas children-victims restrain their negative feelings and are calm in communication with others. Although aggressive children are frequently involved in conflicts and aggressively protect their point of view, children as victims usually avoid conflicts and fail to protect themselves in the situations when they are offended. Aggressive children can not build positive relationships with others, likewise, children-victims are afraid to be offended and are not confident while interacting with others. Therefore, both aggressive behavior and victim’s behavior demonstrate law social competence of children exposed to domestic violence, which leads to their isolation and loneliness[1].
[1] Edleson J. Problems Associated with Children Witnessing of Domestic Violence.– Aviable from: