During the passage through adolescence, made up of paradoxes and internal conflicts, between autonomy and restriction, adolescents are subjected to pressures and violence exacerbated by a threatening social context. “War” symbolizes their quest to exist, which is marked by destructive behaviors, and reveals the anxiety and affective fragility of youngsters faced with a world where the absence of memory and of the transmission of ideals desensitize one towards to violence.

Adolescence, 2026, 44, 1, 87-101.