News tagged with intimate partner
Preschoolers understand threats in households with violence
(PhysOrg.com) -- Preschoolersers are aware and understand threats when they see their mother harmed by violent conflicts at home, a new University of Michigan study finds.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 27, 2011 |
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'Partner abuse is normal' say disadvantaged youth
The levels of violence girls and boys from disadvantaged backgrounds experience in their partner relationships is revealed in new University of Bristol research published today.
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Sep 14, 2011 |
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A woman's blues bring a relationship down
Depression erodes intimate relationships. A depressed person can be withdrawn, needy, or hostile—and give little back.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Study finds reports of domestic violence rise 10 percent after NFL upsets
Calls to the police reporting men's assaults on their wives or intimate partners rose 10 percent in areas where the local National Football League team lost a game they were favored to win, according to an analysis of 900 ...
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Mar 22, 2011 |
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Psychological as well as physical violence leads to postnatal depression
Psychological violence during pregnancy by an intimate partner is strongly associated with postnatal depression, independently of physical or sexual violence, according to a paper by researchers in Bristol ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 06, 2010 |
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Use of decision-aid program increases safety for women experiencing abuse, researchers find
Intimate partner violence results in 2 million injuries among women in the U.S. each year, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. University of Missouri researchers are reducing these numbers with a new ...
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Jul 27, 2010 |
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Intimate partner violence against mothers associated with children's obesity
Children whose mothers report being abused by their partners appear more likely to be obese at age 5, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
Jun 07, 2010 |
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Friendship and confiding in spouse eases stress over sexual issues in older men
A new study suggests that it may not help older men and women with sexual problems to talk to a doctor, but men who talk to their partner report greater happiness - and those who talked with friends felt less depressed.
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May 05, 2010 |
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Crimes borne of domestic abuse face long prison terms
Survivors of domestic violence who are convicted of crimes when protecting themselves from abuse often face long prison sentences, according to a new report on the barriers to justice faced by women survivor-defendants in ...
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Jun 09, 2011 |
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Universal screening programs can uncover abuse, study finds
Screening every woman who comes to a health care centre does increase the number who acknowledge they have been abused by their partners, a new study confirms.
Mar 07, 2011 |
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HIV in women who use drugs: Double neglect, double risk
A Comment in The Lancet Series on HIV says that HIV infections continue to rise in drug-involved women,especially injecting drug users in Asia and eastern Europe, and in crack-cocaine users in the USA and other countries. ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 20, 2010 |
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Advocacy intervention does not produce meaningful results in depression among abused Chinese women
Among Chinese women who are survivors of intimate partner violence, an advocacy intervention that included empowerment sessions and telephone support from social workers did not result in a clinically meaningful improvement ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Intimate abuse study finds clear links with poor health and calls for holistic primary care approach
Nearly a quarter of married and cohabiting women who took part in a survey said that they had been sexually, psychologically or physically abused by their partner, according to research published in the July issue of the ...
Jul 06, 2009 |
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