News tagged with relationship violence

Violent relationships likely detrimental to good parenting

Couples who are married or living together will probably have more trouble parenting as a team if they have been violent toward one another during pregnancy, according to a team of psychologists.

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created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'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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created Sep 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Partner controlling behaviors appear to be associated with relationship violence

Having a significant other who exhibits controlling behaviors appears to be associated with increased physical and sexual relationship violence, according to a report in the April issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Me ...

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created Apr 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

According to a study, change in social roles of men and women may increase gender violence

Changes in social roles of men and women may cause the increase of gender violence. When sexist men feel their power threatened within their relationship, they may use violence as a way to restore their lost power.

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created Apr 08, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Male college students also victims of violence at girlfriends' hands

Thinking about a typical victim of college dating violence, you're probably imagining her, not him.

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created Feb 12, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Violent upbringing may lead to domestic violence

October 5, 2009—A recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult romantic relationships and ar ...

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

School-based program helps prevent dating violence among teens, especially boys

A school-based program that integrates information about healthy relationships into the existing ninth-grade curriculum appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and increase condom use two and a half years later, according ...

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Increased symptoms lead mentally disordered to become victims of violence

Contrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to become victims of violent crimes when they are experiencing an increase in symptoms than they are to commit crime, according to a ...

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: When a violent marriage ends, is co-parenting possible?

When a marriage that has included violence ends, is co-parenting possible? It depends on whether intimate terrorism or situational violence was involved, says a new University of Illinois study published in Family Relations.

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created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (5) | comments 5