Abuse and Violence

Abused Children Age Prematurely
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Children, who are exposed to multiple instances of early-life violence and abuse, age fast on a cellular level, experiencing wear and tear to their DNA, found a new study by North Carolina's Duke University scientists.

Dating Violence and Abuse on the Rise in Middle School
by Margarita Nahapetyan
A new nationwide survey for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Blue Shield of California released its findings last week, suggesting that even middle school students can become victims of psychological and physical dating violence.

Many Women Don't Leave Abusive Partners Because of Pets
by Margarita Nahapetyan
One out of three women in abusive relationships delay leaving their violent partner for the fear that family pets would be hurt or even killed, a new groundbreaking survey from New Zealand has found.

Dating Violence: Prevalence, Context and Risk Markers
by Jan E. Stets, Maureen Pirog-Good
Less than a decade ago, Makepeace reported that a substantial proportion of college students engaged in violence in their dating relationships. This seemed to contradict the contentions of some who believed that dating was a time of innocent exploration a

Identifying Non-Physical Abuse of Women by Their Men
by Mary Susan Miller, Ph.D.
This is the story of Ellie - Eleanor Ames, living in New York, born in Norwalk, Connecticut, daughter of Martha Lapone, a housewife, and Jonathan Shattuck, a lawyer. It is simultaneously the story of all the other Ellies and Sarahs, Lorrie-Anns

How to Stop the Violence That Tears Our Lives Apart
by Paul Kivel
Why are men violent and what can we do about it? As we face the daily and deadly effects of men's violence, the need to find an answer to this question becomes increasingly urgent. The question leads us to others, equally urgent. What kinds of violence

Encouragements for the Emotionally Abused Woman: Wisdom and Hope for Women At Any Stage of Emotional Abuse Recovery
by Beverly Engel
Do You Recognize This Woman? The emotionally abused woman was an emotionally abused child. While she may not recognize it, she has established an ongoing pattern of being abused by her lover or husband, her boss, her friends, her parents, her siblings

Outgrowing the Pain; Adults Abused As Children
by Eliana Gil
you think you're crazy? Do you think you're bad? Do you have trouble finding friends, lovers, acquaintances? Once you find them, do they dump on you, take advantage of you, or leave? Are you in a relationship you know is not good for you? Are you getting

The Emotionally Abused Woman: Overcoming Destructive Patterns and Reclaiming Yourself
by Beverly Engel
My Story I am forty-two years old, a successful therapist with sixteen years of experience, and I have written three books. Yet at times I still feel like a wounded, unwanted child. This is because of the severe emotional abuse I received both as a child

Adult Children of Abusive Parents: A Healing Program for Those Who Have Been Physically, Sexually, or Emotionally Abused
by Steven Farmer, M.A., M.F.C.C.
Norma has no close friends, seldom goes out, and discourages her husband, George, from going out as well. Her possessiveness makes George feel trapped, so he's joined a bowling league to have an excuse to be away from home. Each time he gets ready to leav

The Problem Of Hazing In High School
by Margarita Nahapetyan
A new survey, which was conducted by two professors at the University of Maine, found that many college and university freshmen reported being hazed while in high-school.

Spousal Abuse: Physical And Emotional
by Margarita Nahapetyan
Spousal abuse is a very difficult behavior to define because it embraces a number of symptoms involving both physical and emotional abuse. Physical abuse includes physical violence, such as beating, hitting, shoving, and any other physical assault

Girl Wars; 12 Strategies That Will End Female Bullying
by Cheryl Dellasega, Ph.D., Charisse Nixon, Ph.D.
Anna's thirteenth birthday is only a day away when her two best friends inform her with mock sadness that they won't be coming to her sleepover party. "Tina asked us to go to the movies with her. That's way more fun than watching videos at your

Taking On the Myths of Adolescents at School
by James Garbarino, Ph.D., Ellen deLara, Ph.D.
Myths of all kinds shroud the experience of kids at school, standing in the way of our efforts to see and hear the reality of what children encounter on a daily basis. Sometimes myths have their root in nostalgia-rose-colored memories of how things once w

Domestic Violence
When Men Batter Women: New Insights into Ending Abusive Relationships
by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., Neil S. Jacobson, Ph.D.
A Unique Research Project on Domestic Violence When Vicky returned to Seattle, she had no job, no place to live, no support from her family, and no career. She was twenty-seven, and as she walked down the street, men turned to look at her. She was blond

The Epidemic of Youth Violence
Lost Boys; Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them
by James Garbarino, Ph.D.
Youth violence is spreading across America. Until recently, acts of lethal youth violence were mostly confined to certain parts of the United States, most notably the war zone neighborhoods of New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, and other bi

Kids & Violence: First Imitation, Then Identification
by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Gloria DeGaetano
The impact of violent imagery on children is best understood within the context of normal child development. Children are born with an instinctive capacity and desire to imitate adult behaviors. That infants can, and do, imitate an array of adult facial e

Abuse: Catherine's Healing Faith
by Catherine Lanigan, Jodee Blanco
I was working six, sometimes seven days a week in our retail swimming pool store, taking care of my son, writing novels at night and on the weekends, and walking on eggshells living with an abusive mate.

Bullying in Schools
Bullies: From The Playground to the Boardroom
by Jane Middelton-Moz, Ph.D., Mary Lee Zawadski
The National School Safety Center calls bullying "the most enduring and underrated problem in American schools." "As many as 8 percent of schoolchildren miss a day of class monthly for fear of being bullied. And in a nationwide survey, 43

Abuse - Women in the Crossfire
by Robert J. Ackerman, Ph.D., Susan E. Pickering
Women in abusive relationships are 'in the crossfire.' They are suffering not only abuse, but also many other negative behaviors. At the same time, they are maintaining numerous personal and family responsibilities. For example, abuse is almost always acc

Love and Stockholm Syndrome: The Mystery of Loving an Abuser
by Joseph M. Carver, Ph.D.
People are often amazed at their own psychological conditions and reactions. Those with depression are stunned when they remember they've thought of killing themselves. Patients recovering from severe psychiatric disturbances are often shocked as they

The Roots of Abuse in American Society
by Vicki Crompton, Ellen Zelda Kessner
IN THE EARLY 1980s, as a prevention specialist in the movement to end violence against women and children, Barrie Levy spent a great deal of time in California classrooms defining rape, sexual abuse, and battering as crimes against women -as experiences