Neglected boys may grow up to be violent adolescents

A new research has come up with a conclusion that boys who are neglected by their parents may turn into violent adolescents.

The study indicated that while physical abuse was a considerable contributor to violent behavior, physical neglect alone was an even stronger predictor of male adolescent violence than physical abuse, or even physical abuse and neglect combined.

William McGuigan, associate professor of human development and family studies at Penn State Shenango asserted that one of the problems with studying neglect was that it was an act of omission, rather than one of commission.

McGuigan said that it sounded somewhat contrarian, but the physical abuse might at least show that parents were paying some type of attention to the child.