Neglected children, in particular, experienced higher rates of promiscuity, cannabis abuse and visual hallucinations as a result of their maltreatment.
Adults who had parents who struggled with substance dependence, intimate partner violence and mental illness are more than 10 times more likely to have been victims...
Children who suffer trauma from abuse or violence early in life show biological signs of aging faster than children who have never experienced adversity.
When compared with no experience of childhood maltreatment, participants experiencing maltreatment were more likely to be socially isolated, and more than three times as likely to...
The most important thing institutions can do to reduce the kind of harassment that, unfortunately, is all-too-common in academia is to change the character, quality and...
Men who harbor more harmful attitudes about masculinity -- including beliefs about aggression and homophobia -- also tend toward bullying, sexual harassment, depression and suicidal thoughts.
The findings suggest that bullying, harassment and sexual violence can be reduced when adolescents learn to cope with stress, build community connections, engage with individuals from...
Image-based sexual abuse is the non-consensual taking, sharing or threatening to share nude or sexual images of a person, including the use of digitally-altered imagery.
Sexual harassment and sexual violence are pervasive problems for women – more recently highlighted by the #MeToo movement – but a more recent study uncovered that...
