News tagged with coercive behavior
Child abuse increases risk for later sexually coercive behavior in some men
Oct 21, 2008 |
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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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Relationships Improve Student Success
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When students are underachieving, school policymakers often examine class size, curriculum and funding, but University of Missouri researchers suggest establishing relationships may be a powerful ...
Using 'dominance' to explain dog behavior is old hat
May 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows how the behaviour of dogs has been misunderstood for generations: in fact using misplaced ideas about dog behaviour and training is likely to cause rather than cure unwanted ...
The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2009 |
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In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...
Study shows link between working memory and reactive parenting
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at ...
Testosterone does not induce aggression
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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New scientific evidence refutes the preconception that testosterone causes aggressive, egocentric, and risky behavior. A study at the Universities of Zurich and Royal Holloway London with more than 120 experimental subjects ...
Study shows dream-enacting behavior is common in healthy young adults
Dec 01, 2009 |
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A study in the Dec.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that dream-enacting behaviors are common in healthy young adults, and the prevalence of specific behaviors differs between men and women.
Cell phones to provide picture of human interaction
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cell phones to their ears, a team of research participants will report their interpersonal interactions in real time to provide a better view of human behavior thanks to a $1 million grant from the National ...
One Can Act Without Group Support; Even in the Bacterial World
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A single bacterium can act alone, performing the same kinds of actions that a group normally does. The behavior of that bacterium can be manipulated at the cellular level. That’s the intriguing ...
Scientists show that female fruit flies can be 'too attractive' to males
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Females can be too attractive to the opposite sex -- too attractive for their own good -- say biologists at UC Santa Barbara. They found that, among fruit flies, too much male attention directed toward attractive ...
The straight dope: Studies link parental monitoring with decreased teen marijuana usage
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in a number of serious consequences including ...
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