Violence is global public health concern that pervades human experience in all walks of life. As such, it has long been a content area of chief interest for psychological science. In the World Report on Violence and Health, the World Health Organization (WHO; Krug, Dahlberg, Mercy, Zwi, & Lozano, 2002) predicated that “[t]he public health approach to violence is based on the rigorous requirements of the scientific method” (p. 4, emphasis added), aimed at four main objectives. First, to uncover extensive basic knowledge on all aspects of violence. Second, to investigate the causes and correlates of violence, including potential buffering or potentiating factors and with special attention to those factors that may be amenable to change if properly treated. Third, building on the above knowledge, to explore ways of preventing violence from occurring. Fourth and last, to implement promising interventions across a range of settings, disseminating the resulting information and determining the cost-effectiveness of such interventions.

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任重而道远：欧洲心理学家“理解，预测和预防暴力”专刊社论

暴力是全球性的公共卫生问题，遍及各行各业。因此，长期以来，它一直是心理学的主要关注内容领域。在《世界暴力与健康报告》中，世界卫生组织（世卫组织；克鲁格，达尔伯格，Mercy，Zwi和Lozano，2002年）断言“针对暴力的公共卫生方法基于科学的严格要求。方法”（第4页，重点），主要针对四个主要目标。首先，发现有关暴力各个方面的广泛基础知识。其次，调查暴力的原因和相关因素，包括潜在的缓冲或增强因素，并特别注意如果得到适当治疗可能会改变的那些因素。第三，基于以上知识，探索防止暴力发生的方法。第四，也是最后一个，要在各种环境中实施有希望的干预措施，传播所得信息并确定此类干预措施的成本效益。