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Study: When a violent marriage ends, is co-parenting possible?

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

When a marriage that has included violence ends, is co-parenting possible? It depends on whether intimate terrorism or situational violence was involved, says a new University of Illinois study published in Family Relations.





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Women in India abused by husbands at far greater risk for HIV infection

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

India is home to the third-largest number of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the world and, as in the U.S. and many African nations, the rate of infection among women continues to rise faster than that among men. ...


Research on consequences: Hyperactive girls face problems as adults

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 19, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Young girls who are hyperactive are more likely to get hooked on smoking, under-perform in school or jobs and gravitate towards mentally abusive relationships as adults, according to a joint study by researchers from the ...


Program successfully teaches domestic violence victims safe use of technology

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Washington state program designed to help victims of domestic violence increase their knowledge of how to use technology safely and help minimize the risks that technology can pose when one is in an ...


Child and adolescent psychiatrists could improve their screening for dating violence

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 02, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Even though dating violence is common amongst teens, less than a quarter of U.S. child and adolescent psychiatrists report consistently screening for it, a new study finds.


Study looks at the lives of boys who commit dating violence

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 14, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A new study sheds light on the lives of teenage boys who abuse their girlfriends. In their own words, the young men often describe facing challenges such as growing up with troubled family lives, having little or no support ...


For abused women, leaving is a complex and confusing process

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nothing could be easier than walking out the door, right? According to a new University of Illinois journal article, an abused woman actually goes through a five-step process of leaving that can be complicated at every stage ...


Abused women seek more infant health care, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pregnant women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) before, during or after pregnancy often suffer adverse health effects, including depression, post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and chronic mental illness. ...


Twitter has added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers

Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service.


Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Women abused by intimate partners suffer higher rates of a wide variety of doctor-diagnosed medical maladies compared to women who were never abused, according to a new study of more than 3,000 women.


Child abuse increases risk for later sexually coercive behavior in some men

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created Oct 21, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Boys who experienced childhood physical or sexual abuse are more likely to use sexually coercive behavior against an unwilling female partner when they are adolescents and young adults.



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