News tagged with relationship

Epidemic of student cheating can be cured with changes in classroom goals

Aug 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Schools have the ability to drastically reduce cheating among their students - all they need to do is follow the relatively simple and inexpensive solutions suggested by research.

Does Facebook usage contribute to jealousy in relationships?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Aug 06, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

The more time college students spend on Facebook, the more likely they are to feel jealous toward their romantic partners, leading to more time on Facebook searching for additional information that will further fuel their ...

School-based program helps prevent dating violence among teens, especially boys

Medicine & Health / Other

Aug 03, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A school-based program that integrates information about healthy relationships into the existing ninth-grade curriculum appears to reduce adolescent dating violence and increase condom use two and a half years later, according ...

When Mom Dates, Dad Stops Visiting His Kids

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Aug 03, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (4) | 0

New research from the Journal of Marriage and Family shows that children born outside of marriage are less likely to be visited by their father when the mother is involved in a new romantic relationship. Many children born out ...

Does Size Matter? Study shows Taller People Earn More Money

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jul 13, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Taller men are able to earn more money than their shorter counterparts simply because taller people are perceived to be more intelligent and powerful, this according to a study published in The Economic Re ...

Couples who cohabit before engagement are more likely to struggle

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jul 13, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

University of Denver (DU) researchers find that couples who live together before they are engaged have a higher chance of getting divorced than those who wait until they are married to live together, or at least wait until ...

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

Medicine & Health / Health

Jul 06, 2009 | not rated yet | 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 ...

Planet Facebook: Is social-networking site a phenomenon or a fad?

Technology / Internet

Jun 24, 2009 | 3 / 5 (1) | 0

Is Facebook a phenomenon -- or a fad? Even as it has grown to more than 200 million users and become the global leader in social-networking Web sites, many people see it as just a nifty way for people to share ...

Ability to literally imagine oneself in another's shoes may be tied to empathy

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 23, 2009 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 3

New research from Vanderbilt University indicates the way our brain handles how we move through space -- including being able to imagine literally stepping into someone else's shoes -- may be related to how ...

Single women gaze longer

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jun 03, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 0

A study by neuroscientist Heather Rupp and her team found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.

Why dishing does you good: study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Jun 02, 2009 | 4 / 5 (6) | 12

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why does dishing with a girlfriend do wonders for a woman's mood?

Study shows gay couples want legal rights, regardless of marriage

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Jun 01, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (2) | 0

New research from North Carolina State University shows that gay and lesbian couples are forming long-term, committed relationships, even in the absence of the right to marry. However, couples surveyed for the study overwhelmingly ...

Hearing, voice problems worsen seniors' communication skills

Medicine & Health / Other

May 31, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Hearing and vocal problems go hand-in-hand among the elderly more frequently than previously thought, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Together, they pack a devastating double punch on communication ...

Half of your friends lost in seven years

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

May 28, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (10) | 8

Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context ...