Young Men Living with Mommy and Daddy

(London, England) In a study of 8,000 men and women, researchers at the University of London have found that 20-something men who still live with their parents are prone to persistent violent behavior. It seems that delayed independence is at the core of irresponsibility. Having known a few individuals in this category, I tend to agree.

These young men, who are not paying rent or a mortgage or supporting dependants, have more leisure time and disposable income – which may spell trouble. They were more likely to get into bar fights with strangers than their more independent peers.

A key element is the fact that men aged 20 to 24 are no longer influenced by parents to conform to reasonable standards of behavior.

Violence outside the home, mainly involving strangers, is the most common scenario and just one of a series of hedonistic and negative social behaviours such as hazardous drinking, drug misuse, sexual risk taking and non-violent anti-social behaviour.

The study was authored by Jeremy Coid and Min Yang of the Institute of Preventive Medicine and is published in the professional journal, Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

By the way, it's easy to speculate that Islamists rely upon the delayed-independence 20-something crowd as a source of jihad recruits.

Companion post at The Jawa Report.