Tag: domestic violence

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 suggests physically abused children have higher rate of psychosomatic symptoms

From the Wiley-Blackwell press release via EurekAlert!: Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely… Read more »

Study suggests mentoring relationships may benefit victims of child abuse or domestic violence

From the Concordia University press release: Can mentoring relationships help female students who survive childhood abuse or domestic violence? Absolutely, according to new research from Concordia University, published in the… Read more »

Study shows that maltreated children show same pattern of brain activity as combat soldiers

From the University College London press release: Children exposed to family violence show the same pattern of activity in their brains as soldiers exposed to combat, new research has shown…. Read more »