The scars created by domestic violence persist long after the bruises have healed, leaving some adolescent mothers psychologically distressed and increasing their chances of being unemployed, according to a new study.
Westerners, such as Americans, are particularly challenged to understand someone else's point of view because they are part of a culture that encourages individualism. In contrast, Chinese, who live in a society that encourages a collectivist attitude among its members, are much more adept at determining another person's perspective.
How many simple objects can you think about at once? Even though people feel they have rich visual experiences, researchers have found that the average person is only aware of about four items at a time. This ability, say researchers at the University of Oregon, varies from person to person, and they've found that an individual's capacity of short-term memory is a strong predictor of IQ and scholastic achievement.
Advertisers' messages are infiltrating small-market television newscasts at about the same percentage that owners of digital video recorders are skipping the commercials, say researchers at the University of Oregon.
Researchers examine the offspring of twins to determine the influence shared genetic risk has on the problems often experienced by children of divorced parents. The results are a mixed bag, with genes playing a leading role concerning depression but the actual divorce holding more sway over potential alcohol problems.
To encourage young scientists to consider careers helping developing nations, a new three-week course, Rice: Research to Production, co-taught by CU's Susan McCouch, was launched in the Philippines in May.
Just because schools have let out for the summer doesn't mean children escape being bullied. According to Sally Black, Ph.D., assistant professor of interdisciplinary health services at Saint Joseph's University, "Children tend to take bullying to summer camps, which are really just extensions of the classroom."
Recent news stories have reported the deadly consequences of intimate partner violence. Now a new book by a University of New Hampshire researcher presents the latest research about the nature, causes and impact of intimate partner violence and how this new information can be used to aid victims and families.
A meta-analysis of 55 published research studies reveals programs designed to teach social skills to children with autism are failing to meet their goals. The study, conducted at Indiana University, found that outcomes for social skills training were poor overall, but programs held in normal classroom settings were more likely to result in positive changes than programs held in other environments.
Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study.
Popular culture has a subtle and continuous influence on how we view the world. A professor takes a look at how literacy skills are portrayed in action movies and television programs.
In 2000, the world watched in shock as Zimbabwe's government implemented a "Fast Track" land reform policy that encouraged the country's black peasantry to seize land from white farmers. While the events may have been hard for outsiders to fathom, a new study from a University of Alberta historian suggests the events, examined in a historical context, may not be so hard to understand, after all.
A study from the University of Alberta in Edmonton has confirmed what parents have long suspected: dating, sexual activity and substance use seem to make teens feel older than they really are. And, as adolescents get older, the gap between their chronological age and their self-perceived age widens.
A new report released today by the Berkeley-Tulane Initiative on Vulnerable Populations, a joint project of the University of California, Berkeley, and Tulane University, provides the first hard data on the use of forced conscription by the Lord's Resistance Army, a rebel group operating in northern Uganda which has been accused of kidnapping tens of thousands of women and children to serve as soldiers, servants, and "wives."
The Colombian government enjoys high levels of citizen support and Colombians trust the democratic system, according to a survey by the Latin American Public Opinion Project. The study, based on a poll of nearly 1,500 adults, is part of a series of surveys to measure democratic values and behaviors in the Americas.
So long, Venus and Mars: Once they become a couple, men and women are from the same planet, a new University of Florida study finds.
The media likes to call for more openness and transparency from public officials. But a new study from the University of Maryland points a finger at mainstream media itself for caring little about revealing what they do and how they do it. "The media are in the position of saying to the Enrons and Arthur Andersens out there, "˜Do as I say, not as I do," says study author, Assistant Professor of Journalism Susan Moeller.
Taken together, functional brain scans and tests of reading skills strongly predict which children will have ongoing reading problems. What's more, the two methods work better together than either one alone, according to new research in the June issue of Behavioral Neuroscience, which is published by the American Psychological Association (APA).
The notion that East Asians, Japanese in particular, are self-effacing and have low self-esteem compared to Americans may describe a surface view of personality, but a new study indicates that Chinese, Japanese and Americans have high implicit self-esteem and this trait may be culturally universal.
As baby boomers age and women with young children return to the work force, families are increasingly turning to paid workers to care for children and elderly relatives. Yet those workers receive low wages, change jobs often, lack health insurance, and live in low-income families at a greater rate than all female workers, according to a new policy brief
Birth weight has significant and lasting effects, a new study finds. Weighing less than 5.5 pounds at birth increases the probability of dropping out of high school by one-third, reduces yearly earnings by about 15 percent and burdens people in their 30s and 40s with the health of someone who is 12 years older.
Faith-based correctional programs for troubled kids can survive and even thrive without legal challenges if they follow Florida's lead in keeping participation voluntary and welcoming different religions, a new University of Florida study finds.
Sexual harassment training does not invite lawsuits, according to a study by Caren M. Goldberg, a management professor at American University's Kogod School of Business.
Once a child has become a victim of a crime or a peer assault, he or she stays at high risk to be re-victimized, according to a new national study conducted by researchers at the University of New Hampshire. The findings suggest that not enough is being done to help protect children in the wake of victimizations.
The message 'babies are born to be breastfed' was part of a campaign to improve the cultural acceptance of breastfeeding in Herkimer County, N.Y. The campaign was part of a $1 million, four-year project led by Cornell University and funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations' Employment and Disability Institute will partner with New York state on a five-year, $5.1 million study to help high-school students with disabilities successfully go to college and get good jobs.
"Make love not war" may have been a popular slogan of the '60s, but romance still figures prominently "” and perhaps even more so "” in today's hit music, a new University of Florida study finds.
Iowa State University psychology professor Meg Gerrard analyzed 12 years of research as she scientifically explained why teens choose to take risks during a presentation last week at the Association of Psychological Science annual convention.
Research results reveal differences in the salaries of men and women on kibbutz, a purportedly egalitarian society.
University of Maryland post traumatic stress disorder expert Glenn Schiraldi spent four years traveling the U.S. to talk with World War II combat veterans whose lives have been characterized by resilience. In this Q&A, Schiraldi describes his experience and what the veterans can teach us about resilience in the face of trauma and loss.
Low-income women can build wealth "“ with some help, researchers at University of Arkansas show.
According to a new study, repeated exposure to one person's viewpoint can have almost as much influence as exposure to shared opinions from multiple people.
Improving Salvadorians' attitudes toward civic participation, their fellow citizens and democratic institutions is crucial to developing democratic stability in El Salvador, a country in which crime and a sense of insecurity prevail. The Latin American Public Opinion Project released a comparative study in San Salvador, titled La Cultura PolÃtica de la Democracia en El Salvador: 2006.
In a review to be published in the May 18 issue of the journal Science, a University of Virginia social-psychologist discusses a new consensus scientists are reaching on the origins and mechanisms of morality. Haidt shows how evolutionary, neurological and social-psychological insights are being synthesized.
David Palange, a graduating senior at the University of New Hampshire, researched what it is like to go to war by reading hundreds of personal correspondence from the three wars. His research project, "Your Loving Sons: American Warfare Through the Eyes of New England Soldiers," tells an inspirational story of life on the front during the Revolutionary War, Civil War and World War II.
Israeli public sector social welfare and health organizations lead in organizational innovativeness. This was revealed in new research conducted at the University of Haifa for the European Union, that evaluated public sector organizations in nine European countries "“ Great Britain, Ireland, Holland, Lithuania, Slovakia, Sweden, Norway and Spain.
Over the course of their military service, combat soldiers become less right wing, adopt more dovish political views and are more open to comprise on security issues "“ according to research completed in the School for Political Science at the University of Haifa. Additional parameters that effect change in political views include the specific unit served in, gender and service as an officer.
Prof. Richard Price chairs the University of Maryland History Department and is an expert on modern British history. He is available to comment on Tony Blair's announcement that he will step down after 10 years as Prime Minister.
Living Well for May discusses child-themed gardening, increased summertime risks for alcohol, drug and tobacco use by children and teens, and what to do when one's child is diagnosed with autism.
For one day each year, motherhood brings flowers, cards and Sunday brunches, but a new University of Florida study asks, how important is it for women's happiness in midlife whether and when they had children?
New research at the University of Haifa contradicts the accepted theory and popular belief that Holocaust survivors pass down the effects of the trauma they endured to their children and grandchildren.
Based on decades of research and success in helping to change smoking and other high-risk behaviors of teenagers and adults, URI researchers will now bring tailored programs to younger children to prevent these behaviors from even getting started.
Exposure to trauma may create enough changes in the brain to sensitize people to overreact to an innocuous facial gesture years later, even in people who don't have a stress-related disorder, says new research. It appears that proximity to high-intensity traumas can have long lasting effects on the brain and behavior of healthy people without causing a current clinical disorder. But these subtle changes could increase susceptibility to mental health problems later on.
RSS feeds are all the rage with the news media. But a new study from the University of Maryland's International Center for Media and the Public Agenda (Merrill College of Journalism) shows that the content of those RSS feeds is not always what readers want or need.
Virginity was an important value in 19th century Oaxaca, a value that young women sometimes exploited to gain independence and forge a new family.
Bill O'Reilly may proclaim at the beginning of his program that viewers are entering the "No Spin Zone," but a new study by Indiana University media researchers found that the Fox News personality consistently paints certain people and groups as villains and others as victims to present the world, as he sees it, through political rhetoric.
A study of caregivers of Alzheimer's patients and non-caregivers done by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada revealed that seniors are being stereotyped as grouchy, inflexible to change, and mostly living in nursing homes, when the opposite is true.
When Jesse Plemons walks across the stage and graduates from high school, the 19-year-old who stars as Landry Clark on NBC's "Friday Night Lights" will meet his fellow graduates for the first time.
Drama certainly has the power to entertain, but can it also change behavior? A play about substance abuse was successful at prompting audience members to participate in substance abuse prevention activities, according to Allyn Howlett, Ph.D., from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Children with depression or ADHD and their parents not only face the challenge of an illness, but may confront the stigma that accompanies treatment and social rejection, according to the first-ever national study to examine Americans' views of mental health issues in children. This includes a fear of violence and a skepticism concerning the use of psychiatric medications.
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