Background: Schizophrenia is associated with increased risk of experiencing interpersonal violence. Little is known about risk specifically around the time of pregnancy. Methods: This population-based ...

Teammates assault one of their own because his error cost them a game. A coach yells and demeans a player as motivation for the player’s best performance. A teenage ...

A new study by Southern Methodist University psychologists and a researchers from the University of Washington shows that interpersonal racial discrimination and other forms of violence can impact the ...

"Frankenstein Got Beat Up," © 2013 Courtesy of Cathy Malchiodi, PhD Child abuse is widely recognized as a serious problem that is part of the spectrum of ...

According to the results of a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, exposure to interpersonal violence throughout childhood or adulthood increases an ...

The Journal of Interpersonal Violence is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of criminology and focuses on the study of victims and perpetrators of interpersonal ...

Let me begin with what I see as a cautionary warning from Laina Bay-Cheng about the construction of victimhood vs. agency: "Sexuality researchers often register behaviours as "agentic" only when they ...

(Images from left, clockwise, Rick Blaszak, “Couple lectures on dating, sex,” Miami Student, September 20, 1988; Editorial Staff, “’Student adds sex and ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA)- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Project Rest in Spartanburg is telling us about steps we can all take to help address domestic and sexual violence issues.

Objectives A paucity of studies assesses the intersection of physical health (injury and illness), mental health and experiences of interpersonal violence (IV, also known as harassment and abuse) in ...

Advocates agree that the Saskatchewan government’s move to grant 10 days of unpaid leave from work to survivors of intimate partner violence is a step in the right direction. “For us as front-line ...

Two-thirds of women and nearly half of men in the Air Force experienced “interpersonal violence” within a period of two years, and most who reported it did not believe that their senior leaders were ...