News tagged with family acceptance

Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide

For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between accepting family attitudes and behaviors towards their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children and significantly decreased risk and better ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 06, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study links bullying to depression, other adult ailments

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona family studies researchers report in the journal Developmental Psychology that high school students whose sexual orientation is at odds with social gender norms often find themselves victim ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 05, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Is 'Tudor England' a myth?

(Phys.org) -- The term ‘Tudor’ was hardly used in the 16th Century and its obsessive  modern use by historians and writers generally gives us a misleading  impression of the period, an ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Scientist: Evolution debate will soon be history

(AP) -- Richard Leakey predicts skepticism over evolution will soon be history. Not that the avowed atheist has any doubts himself.

Biology / Evolution

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (26) | comments 125

Her majesty's secret

One of the greatest cliches uttered about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is that in 60 years of reigning over us, "she has never put a foot wrong". This may well be true, but how do we know? What do we really ...

Other Sciences / Other

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

NY judge wants to hear victims in cyberbully case

(AP) -- A judge delayed the sentencing of an eyewear website operator who intimidated customers, saying he first wants to hear testimony from dozens of victims who reported they were threatened with violence, including murder ...

Technology / Internet

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One-quarter of grouper species being fished to extinction

Groupers, a family of fishes often found in coral reefs and prized for their quality of flesh, are facing critical threats to their survival. As part of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Game theory, in the real world

For students in New York and Boston, who have a range of options beyond their neighborhood school, choosing a high school used to be a maddeningly complicated guessing game. In Boston, for instance, many students would list ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

New way to measure racism among youth

A new tool has been developed to formally evaluate the effectiveness of anti-racism programs among Australian youth. 

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 1.1 / 5 (9) | comments 31

Distracted driving rises among local college students

According to the California Department of Motor Vehicles, distracted driving is on the rise due to an increase in the use of cell phones and other electronic devices and the increasing importance of these devices in individuals' ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Kinder Houston Area Survey reveals more Houstonians support mass transit

One of America's most automobile-dependent large cities may be heading into a new era, according to the 31st annual Kinder Houston Area Survey conducted by Rice University. Among the findings in this year's survey: Houstonians ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Moody's downgrades Nokia's rating, keeps negative outlook

The international ratings agency Moody's downgraded on Monday its ratings for the Finnish telephone maker Nokia owing to poor prospects for future sales.

Technology / Business

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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