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Low Serotonin, Fights with Mom a Deadly Combo for Girls - March 6, 2008

Sixty-four percent of teen girls who engage in self-harm share two factors in common: low levels of serotonin, a chemical associated with mood quality, and conflicts with their mothers. This finding comes as a result of a study by University...
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How Childhood Relationships Affect Expectations About Motherhood - February 26, 2008

A study of 160 women in the last trimester of their first pregnancy shows a woman's relationship with her parents during early childhood has a substantial impact on her expectations about motherhood. Women who perceived their relationship with their parents...
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Review Supports Importance Of Active Father Figures - February 12, 2008

Regular contact with a father figure leads to fewer psychological problems in girls and fewer behavioral problems in boys. For low-income children, this contact also leads to a lower chance of criminal activity and improved language and reasoning skills. These...
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Low-Quality Day Care Means High Stress Levels For Children - February 7, 2008

Leaving home for daycare is often an upsetting experience for young children. However, the quality of child care can make a huge difference as to whether children stay upset or gain new social and linguistic skills while away from home....
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PsychBriefs: January 6-12, 2008 - January 11, 2008

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Study Shows Teens Widely Abuse Cough Syrup The most recent survey on teen drug use shows that 3.1 million teens and...
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Family Meals Reduce Disordered Eating in Teen Girls - January 10, 2008

Worried about your daughter's eating habits? New research shows eating five or more meals together per week as a family considerably decreases the likelihood of teen girls engaging in extreme diet behaviors such as fasting or vomiting. In 1999, 2516...
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Study Shows Divorce Does Not Hurt Parenting - December 13, 2007

A longitudinal study of divorced and married parents reveals few changes in parenting behaviors following divorce . The study followed 5,004 children living in two-parent households at the start of the study. At a follow-up interview, researchers compared differences between...
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PsychBriefs: December 2-December 8, 2007 - December 7, 2007

Neuroscientists Study Effects of Viewing Violence Watching violence lowers activity in areas of the brain that suppress aggressive behavior, shows new research from Columbia University. Using fMRIs while experiment subjects watched violent scenes, scientists observed quickly diminished activity and interconnectedness...
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PsychBriefs: November 25-December 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007

Personality Does Matter Having desirable personality traits can make you more attractive, shows a study published in the journal Personal Relationships. In the experiment, male and female college students rated the attractiveness of pictures of members of the opposite sex....
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Oxytocin Linked to Mother-Child Bonding in Humans - October 16, 2007

Maternal instinct is delivered in a hormonal package, shows new research establishing the connection between the levels of oxcytocin in a pregnant woman's body and her mothering skills. A study, led by psychology professor Ruth Feldman at Bar-Ilan University in...
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Child Maltreatment Rates Soar During Military Deployment - August 16, 2007

War deployments place stress on both soldier parents and civilian spouses left behind. However, it is the children who may suffer the most as they both miss and worry about the deployed parent and are affected by the additional stress...
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One Third Of Child Drinkers Get Booze From Parents - May 31, 2007

Seventeen percent of children have tried alcohol before they finished grade school, shows a study published in this month's Preventative Medicine. By the end of junior high, that number jumps to 41 percent, the longitudinal survey of 3,709 racially diverse...
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Have Parents Been Duped By Educational Television? - May 8, 2007

America's children are watching television before they can walk--or even sit up. One in five babies and children under the age of 2 now has their own television set in their room reports a survey of 1009 parents, and that...
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Infant Education Helps Depressed Moms - March 13, 2007

Infants rely on parental interaction for stimulation and healthy development. Unfortunately, that interaction is often interrupted by the post-partum depression which affects about 30 percent of mothers. However, a new Canadian study published in this month's issue of Journal of...
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