From the Pennsylvania State University press release via EurekAlert!: Children who are exposed to community violence continue to exhibit a physical stress response up to a year after the exposure, suggesting that exposure to violence…
From the University of Colorado Denver press release via EurekAlert!: Foster kids who receive mentoring and training in skills such as anger management, healthy communication, and problem solving are less likely to move foster homes…
From the Baylor University press release: Methamphetamine abuse leads to an increase in child abuse and neglect, which causes an increase in foster care admissions, according to a study from Baylor University. The study, published…
From the University of Illinois press release via HealthCanal: Behavioral problems in preschoolers may mirror the intensity and frequency of their parents’ marital conflict and signal possible child maltreatment, suggests a new study co-written by…
From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln press release by Steve Smith via HealthCanal: Students receiving special-education services for behavioral disorders and those with more obvious disabilities are more likely to be bullied than their general-education counterparts…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) press release via AlphaGalileo: Media violence does have an effect on children’s behaviour and a concerted public health response involving parents, professionals, the media and policymakers is needed to…
From the University of Chicago press release via EurekAlert!: Test performance can improve dramatically if students are offered rewards just before they are given standardized tests and if they receive the incentive immediately afterward, new…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: A team of researchers led by an epidemiologist at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and University of Iceland has found a correlation between the age at…
From the University of Cambridge press release via Physorg: A new book documents how staff at a primary school built on a previous study by Cambridge researchers to create an inclusive learning environment – driven…
From the Oregon State University press release: Researchers at Oregon State University have confirmed what we knew all along – children in this country are increasingly sedentary, spending too much time sitting and looking at…