News tagged with intimate partner


Intimate abuse study finds clear links with poor health and calls for holistic primary care approach

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nearly a quarter of married and cohabiting women who took part in a survey said that they had been sexually, psychologically or physically abused by their partner, according to research published in the July issue of the ...


Abused women seek more infant health care, study finds

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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. ...





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Violence against mothers in Bangladesh associated with health problems in young children

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created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Almost half of Bangladeshi women with young children experience violence from their husbands, and their children appear to have a higher risk of recent respiratory infections and diarrhea, according to a report in the August ...


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.


Family ties provide protection against young adult sucidal behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Adolescents and young adults typically consider peer relationships to be all important. However, it appears that strong family support, not peer support, is protective in reducing future suicidal behavior among young adults ...


Is your dating partner happy? Research finds it hard to know at times

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 11, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Research tends to focus on the positives of self-monitoring -- a personality characteristic that accounts for how attuned individuals are to societal conventions as well as the degree to which “appropriateness” controls their ...


Study finds partner abuse leads to wide range of health problems

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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.


Avoiding secondhand smoke during pregnancy

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) commonly called secondhand smoke, can harm a developing fetus and may account for complications during pregnancy and birth. It is now known that non-whites experience more adverse pregnancy ...


New study explores role of sexual, social behaviors in seniors' well-being

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers and the general public have a new resource for information on the health and intimate relationships of older people, thanks to a new supplemental issue of The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological an ...


Violence between couples is usually calculated, and does not result from loss of control

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created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Violence between couples is usually the result of a calculated decision-making process and the partner inflicting violence will do so only as long as the price to be paid is not too high. This is the conclusion of a new study ...


Nearly One in Five University Students Experienced Violence in Last Six Months: Study

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created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- While attending university, men are equally likely as women to have been victims of physical or emotional violence, and that violence is often linked to drinking, according to a new study led by University ...


Interactive computer screening enhances domestic violence detection in family medical practice

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An interactive computer questionnaire may give family doctors a better opportunity to identify and intervene with patients who are victims of domestic violence, according to a new study from the Dalla Lana ...



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