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Media Violence Consumption Increases the Relative Risk of Aggression, Analysis Shows
August 27, 2012 A comprehensive analysis of existing research clearly shows that media violence consumption increases the relative risk of ... > full story -
Chain of Violence: Study Shows Impact on Palestinian and Israeli Children
August 21, 2012 Children exposed to ethnic and political violence in the Middle East are more aggressive than other children, and the younger the child, the stronger the ... > full story -
Bullies Squelched When Bystanders Intervene
August 13, 2012 With new national anti-bullying ads urging parents to teach their kids to speak up if they witness bullying, one researcher has found that in humans' evolutionary past at least, helping the victim of ... > full story -
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Why Do Older Adults Display More Positive Emotion? It Might Have to Do With What They're Looking at
August 8, 2012 Research has shown that older adults display more positive emotions and are quicker to regulate out of negative emotional states than younger adults. Given the declines in cognitive functioning and ... > full story -
Cyberbullying Less Frequent Than Traditional Bullying
August 6, 2012 Traditional in-person bullying is far more common than cyberbullying among today’s youth and should be the primary focus of prevention programs, according to new ... > full story -
Jailhouse Phone Calls Reveal When Domestic Abusers Most Likely to Attack
August 1, 2012 An analysis of jailhouse phone calls between men charged with felony domestic violence and their victims allowed researchers for the first time to see exactly what triggered episodes of violent ... > full story -
Domestic Violence: New Research Focuses on Treatment for Perpetrator, Not Victim
July 31, 2012 A new experiment takes an unconventional look at the treatment for domestic violence, otherwise known as intimate partner violence (IPV), by focusing on changing the perpetrators' psychological abuse ... > full story -
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Psychological Abuse Puts Children at Risk
July 30, 2012 Psychological abuse may be the most challenging and prevalent form of child abuse and neglect, experts say in position statement on psychological ... > full story -
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Increasing Dopamine in Brain's Frontal Cortex Decreases Impulsive Tendency
July 25, 2012 Raising levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the frontal cortex of the brain significantly decreased impulsivity in healthy ... > full story -
Concerns Over Accuracy of Tools to Predict Risk of Repeat Offending
July 25, 2012 Tools designed to predict an individual's risk of repeat offending are not sufficient on their own to inform sentencing and release or discharge decisions, concludes ... > full story
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