News tagged with victims
Girls twice as likely as boys to remain victims of bullying
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Girls targeted by bullies at primary school are two and a half times more likely to remain victims than boys, according to research from the University of Warwick and University of Hertfordshire.
Sexual abuse: Faith can silence victims or provide solace
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Childhood sexual abuse victims with a strong religious upbringing often report feeling terrible guilt about their assault, which doesn't surprise Jean-Guy Nadon. A professor of theology and religious sciences at the Université ...
New protocol to help in testimony of child victims
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Psychology Professor Mireille Cyr has adapted an interview protocol from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) that will enable child victims of sexual abuse to provide better testimony in Quebec ...
Study suggests why heart attack victims do better with social support
Sep 18, 2008 |
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Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack ...
Personal relationships increase donations
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 22, 2008 |
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People tend to be more sympathetic to people suffering from the same misfortune as a friend. But friendship with a victim does not make people generally more sympathetic, according to the authors of a new study in the Journal ...
Victims likely to talk when dating violence is witnessed
Jul 30, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Victims of teen dating violence are more likely to talk about the violence if a friend witnesses the incident, according to a new study.
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