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Assessment of Domestic Abuse

as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). E...

When Mothers Work Outside of the Home is There an Impact on Their Children?

plethora of circumstances and individual differences which must be taken into any final analysis. And yet, as time moves on and w...

Divorce's Impact on Children

the authors cited believe that divorce, in and of itself, causes major emotional breakdowns. Psychologist Gary Neuman, for ...

Children and the Effects of Media Violence

four hour per day programming incorporates all sorts of fare all the time. It is because of this trend, and the trend to ignore th...

A Review of an Internet-Based Educational Activity for Children

greater I.Q.s than those with smaller brains but size is not all that matters ("Big," 2004). The question that should be asked: "I...

Television and Its Negative Effects on Children

comes to witnessing violence, there is a fear that the exposure to such things is enough to trigger violent behavior. In some inst...

The Psychological Impact of Separation from their Parents on Foster Children

happening (Simms, Dubowitz and Szilagyi, 2000). Even though each case if different, there are several common reactions when chil...

Violence in Media and Child Behavior

on the TV screen" (Levin and Carlsson-Paige, 2003,. P. 427). Violence also exists on other forms of media. Browne and Hamilton-G...

Video Games and Social Responsibility

games are encouraging violent aggression in young people. Should video game designers act in a manner that is socially responsibl...

The Effects of Divorce

of research, journal articles, books, magazines and newspaper articles. A great deal of it paints a negative and sad picture of th...

Parent-Child Conflict - Exploring the Various Dimensions

conflicts. The identified purpose of the study is to determine "whether parents use of power-assertive or negotiating strategies t...

The World is Getting Fatter

Obesity is a global issue that is nearly an epidemic. The CDC reported that over the last 30 years, obesity has more than doubled ...

Limiting Web Site Porn

Internet pornography accounts for $2.5 billion of the $57 billion pornography market. The Web has made porn easily accessible by i...

Are Guns the Real Problem?

This paper explores the inverse relationship that exist between gun control and gun violence. Something is turning our children i...

Gay Couples and the Issue of Adoption

in recent years. More and more frequently our "traditional" families are single parent households or even more unusual tw...

Media Violence and Aggressive Behavior in Children and Teens

2006). The media is in fact a catalyst for violent expression on more than one societal front (DuRant, Champion and Wolfson, 2006...

Domestic Violence Intervention/Study Analysis

the IG or CG groups. Consent forms were completed at each interview, which were conducted by undergraduate interviewers, who were ...

The Paradox of Relational Individualism; Women’s Issues

pay. They also face other issues such as family violence, racism and child welfare; and they deal with these issues within the con...

Laura's House - An Interview

case management for between 18 and 22 women and children. Shelter is offered for 30 to 45 days. 2. Counseling and resource center ...

Children Exposed to Domestic Violence and Group Intervention

as one of the manifestations domestic violence in the child that has witnessed that violence. She points out that PTSD is now:...

United Kingdom and the Effects of Domestic Violence on Women and Children

who is over the age of sixteen at the time the violence takes place. Children are defined as individuals under the age of 18 who a...

Family Violence and its Effects

abuse themselves or consider it a normal part of a relationship and allow themselves to be subjected to it as adults (Stoppard, 20...

A Personal Narrative on Moving

in just a week and I didnt know anyone - no teachers, no other kids, no one. My fear turned into resentment as I focused my panic...

Anorexia in Children: Its Importance, Who is Affected, Treatments and Agencies Involved

men can develop this disorder, approximately 95% of anorexics are women (St?ppler, 2009). The disorder usually begins to appear in...

Family Life Cycle Stages

self-esteem. This is true in the family as well. Parents may have some emotional difficulties as their children grow from being li...

Youth Violence

impact of these events or trivialize them, but to point out that the media will always pay a great deal of attention to matters th...

Article on Violence, Terrorism, and Justice

will consider for even a moment. The authors begin by trying to separate the characteristics of terrorism from the idea of the ri...

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Violence

and others that underscore the connection between violence and urban life. "Data gathered by the Center for Disease Control (1995...

Women Fighting Domestic Violence

by her stepfather (Talvi, 2005). As is perhaps often the case with young women who are victims of domestic violence, Valerie took ...

Gender Discrimination in Africa

what emotional abuse is. The violence is almost always at the hands of husbands, ex-husbands, fathers, brothers other family membe...