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Supportive co-parenting may reduce some child behavior problems
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Mar 03, 2009 |
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Warm, cooperative co-parenting between mothers and fathers may help protect children who are at risk for some types of behavior problems, a new study suggests.
Born to be wild? Thrill-seeking behavior may be based in the brain
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Feb 11, 2009 |
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Sky diving and base jumping are not for everyone. However, for certain people, the more risk and adrenaline involved in an activity, the better! What draws some people to daredevil behavior while others shy away from it? ...
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Risky behaviors on TV may be modeled by inexperienced viewers
Sep 25, 2008 |
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Content analyses demonstrate that TV programming is highly saturated with sexual content and risky sexual behavior. A new study in the Journal of Communication shows that people with direct experience with such behavior are no ...
TV shows convey mixed messages about alcohol
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Mar 25, 2009 |
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Efforts to dissuade youth consumption through negative alcohol consumption depictions can be thwarted by portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs re ...
Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Christy Buchanan, ...
Impact of positive parenting can last for generations
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Sep 01, 2009 |
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A new study that looks at data on three generations of Oregon families shows that "positive parenting" - including factors such as warmth, monitoring children's activities, involvement, and consistency of discipline - not ...
The narrow line between love and jealousy
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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A new study carried out at the University of Haifa has found that the hormone oxytocin, the "love hormone", which affects behaviors such as trust, empathy and generosity, also affects opposite behaviors, such as jealousy ...
License to sin -- Asking people to think about vice increases their likelihood of giving in
May 10, 2007 |
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A new study by researchers from Duke, USC, and UPenn is the first to explore how questioning can affect our behavior when we have mixed feelings about an issue. The study, forthcoming in the June issue of the Journal of Co ...
Preventing School Violence Needs to Start at Young Age
Mar 17, 2008 |
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By the time a child enters third grade, it may be too late to change behavioral issues that could lead to more serious problems later in life, including violent and aggressive behavior. A University of Missouri professor ...
New findings on Parkinson's disease and effect on patient behavior
Jun 30, 2009 |
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A new neuropsychological memory test is helping to uncover how Parkinson's disease can alter people's ability to learn about the consequences of the choices they make. The test was developed by Dr. Mark Gluck, professor of ...
Sexual harassment at school -- more harmful than bullying
Apr 23, 2008 |
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Schools’ current focus on bullying prevention may be masking the serious and underestimated health consequences of sexual harassment, according to James Gruber from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Susan Fineran from ...
School program cuts problem behaviors in fifth graders in half
Jun 19, 2009 |
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A study by Oregon State University researchers suggests that school-based prevention programs begun in elementary school can significantly reduce problem behaviors in students.
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