Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
Nov 5 · 1 min read

Thanks for the interesting comments Stephanie. Researchers have certainly floated ideas along the lines you’re describing. For example, this paper highlights how chronic stress in childhood may affect self-control and coping ability.

This more recent paper argues a similar point and suggests that the connection between family violence and self-control may be reciprocal: poor self-control can contribute to more family violence, and family violence can contribute to poorer self-control. If true, that would create a very vicious cycle…

Glad you enjoyed the article!

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