Category: Abuse

Physical abuse and punishment impact children’s academic performance

From the Penn State press release: A Penn State researcher and her collaborator found that physical abuse was associated with decreases in children’s cognitive performance, while non-abusive forms of physical… Read more »

Study suggests abusive bosses may feel good – but only for a while

From the Michigan State University press release: Being a jerk to your employees may actually improve your well-being, but only for a short while, suggests new research on abusive bosses co-authored… Read more »

Friendship group influences dating violence risk for early-maturing girls

From the University of Pennsylvania press release: Girls who go through puberty and develop physically earlier than their peers are at risk of low self-esteem as well as emotional and behavioral… Read more »

Exposure to psychological domestic abuse most damaging to children’s wellbeing

From the University of Limerick press release: Exposure to psychological abuse between parents is more damaging to children’s wellbeing as they grow older than physical domestic violence, according to new… Read more »

Study links childhood abuse to higher incidence of self-injury in teens

From the University of Toronto press release: Adolescents who were physically abused or sexually abused were more likely to engage in non-suicidal self-injury than their non-abused counterparts, according to a… Read more »