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Mental, emotional and behavioral disorders can be prevented in young people

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Around one in five young people in the U.S. have a current mental, emotional, or behavioral disorder. About half of all adults with mental disorders recalled that their disorders began by their mid-teens and three-quarters ...


Parenting skills for workers

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The skills learned while raising a family are readily transferable into the knowledge work environment, according to a study published in the International Journal of Knowledge and Learning.





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Mothers' influence is decisive in tots' first year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

[B]Study says parenting style and baby's temperament predict challenging behavior in later childhood[/B] The way mothers interact with their babies in the first year of life is strongly related to how children behave lat ...


Mothers of children with autism have higher parental stress, psychological distress

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Ask any mother and she'll tell you that raising a preschooler is no easy task. Now imagine what it must be like to bring up a child with autism or a developmental delay.


Today's parents 'not to blame' for teenage problem behaviour

Today's parents 'not to blame' for teenage problem behaviour

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created Jul 31, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (21) | comments 33

(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor parenting is not the reason for an increase in problem behaviour amongst teenagers, according to research led by Oxford University.


Parents gone wild? Study suggests link between working memory and reactive parenting

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

We've all been in situations before where we get so frustrated or angry about something, we will lash out at someone without thinking. This lashing out — reactive negativity — happens when we can't control our emotions. Luckily, ...


Watching TV Can Improve Parenting And Child Behaviour

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created Nov 22, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Watching television parenting programmes like ITV's Driving Mum and Dad Mad really can help improve parenting skills and modify children's behavioural problems, according to a study at The University of Manchester.


Parental drinking and parenting practices influence adolescent drinking

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created Feb 04, 2008 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Adolescence is a critical time of development on many different levels, but especially concerning the initiation and escalation of alcohol use. For example, the proportion of American adolescents who regularly drink alcohol ...


Do Attractive Women Want it All? New Study Reveals Relationship Standards are Relative

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created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Although many researchers have believed women choose partners based on the kind of relationship they are seeking, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin reveals women’s preferences can be influenced by their own ...


Parents' expectations, styles can harm college students' self-esteem

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created Aug 15, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Mom and Dad are going to flip out over my 3.3 GPA and failure to land a top internship. Such anxieties, common among college students, can harm self-esteem and make it more difficult to adjust to school. But a new University ...


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

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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.


Ending the cycle of poverty

Ending the cycle of poverty

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- While many academically talented high-school students in Providence, Rhode Island, are figuring out what outfit to wear to school on a particular day, other top grade-earners are busily getting ...



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