Tag: children

Study suggests physical activity boosts learning capacity for schoolchildren

From the American College of Sports Medicine press release via HealthCanal: School administrators looking to restructure the academic schedule should consider the placement of physical education classes, according to research… Read more »

Study links school-based mental health support to positive outcomes for children

From the University College London press release via EurekAlert!: A study of more than 18,000 children across England found that embedding mental health support in schools as part of the… Read more »

Study examines factors that may lead to post-adoption stress in mothers

From the Purdue University press release by Amy Patterson Neubert: Fatigue and unrealistic expectations of parenthood may help contribute to post-adoption depression in women, according to a Purdue University study…. Read more »

Study suggests mothers exposed to violence may be more prone to aggressive parenting

From the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign press release: Mothers who witness or are victims of violence in their communities are more likely to engage in psychologically and physically aggressive parenting… Read more »

Study looks at ways to counteract the deleterious health effects of low socioeconomic status

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Poverty is bad for your health. Poor people are much more likely to have heart disease, stroke, and cancer than wealthy people,… Read more »