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Study: verbal aggression may affect children's behavior

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to a new Purdue University study.





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Verbally aggressive mothers direct their children's behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

A new study in Human Communication Research reveals that verbally aggressive mothers tend to control their children's choice of activities as well as use physical negative touch, along with directives, when trying to alter ...


High self-esteem is not always what it's cracked up to be, says UGA psychologist

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Oscar Levant, a mid-century pianist, film star and wit, once watched noted keyboardist and composer George Gershwin spend an evening playing his own music at a party and clearly having a great time. “Tell me, George,” Levant ...


Psychologists publish three new studies on violent video game effects on youths

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 23, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (38) | comments 0

New research by Iowa State University psychologists provides more concrete evidence of the adverse effects of violent video game exposure on the behavior of children and adolescents.


Angry faces: Research suggests link between facial structure and aggression

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 14

Angry words and gestures are not the only way to get a sense of how temperamental a person is. According to new findings in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, a quick glance at som ...


Finger length predicts physically aggressive personalities, study shows

Finger length predicts physically aggressive personalities, study shows

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created Mar 04, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dr. Peter Hurd initially thought the idea was "a pile of hooey," but he changed his mind when he saw the data. Hurd and graduate student Allison Bailey have shown that a man's index finger length relative to ...


High-blood-pressure treatment for the over-80s too aggressive, warns expert

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

People over 80 years are being treated too aggressively for high blood pressure, warns an expert in an editorial in BMJ Clinical Evidence this week.


Water Striders Mating

Mom was right: Why nice guys usually get the girls

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Female water striders often reject their most persistent and aggressive suitors and prefer the males who aren't so grabby, according to new research. Water striders are insects commonly seen ...


Psychological bullying hits just as hard

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 23, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 0

School bullying doesn’t have to leave physical bumps and bruises to contribute to a hostile and potentially dangerous school environment. Behavior that intentionally harms another individual, through the manipulation of social ...


Humor develops from aggression caused by male hormones

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 21, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (37) | comments 8

Humour appears to develop from aggression caused by male hormones, according to a study published in this week’s Christmas issue of the British Medical Journal.


New hope for diagnosis and treatment of intractable pediatric brain tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have discovered oncogenes capable of driving growth of normal human brain stem cells in a highly malignant pediatric brain tumor. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal Cancer Ce ...



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