Experiencing abuse or neglect during childhood can increase a person’s risk of facing violence from a romantic partner later ...

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The extent to which bullying victimization is associated with an increased risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has received little empirical attention. This longitudinal, population-based, ...

Bullying and other forms of peer victimization can cause trauma symptoms in elementary school children, according to new research from the University of Florida. The study, published in the Journal of ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affects approximately 5% of the child and youth population worldwide and is characterized by symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity and inattention 1,2.

A recent study published in The Journal of Sex Research suggests that adults with autism experience higher rates of certain types of sexual victimization compared to those without the diagnosis. The ...

Criminologists have traditionally focused, albeit almost exclusively, on the perpetrators of crime, and rightfully so; however, by focusing their collective attention on the perpetrators, researchers ...

Black Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population but 33 percent of the victims of reported violent crime. The statistics on homicide are even worse. Over 50 percent of homicide victims are ...

Take a moment and picture an image of a rapist. Without a doubt, you are thinking about a man. Given our pervasive cultural understanding that perpetrators of sexual violence are nearly always men, ...

I suspect that very few of you are aware that Sigmund Freud wrote a book about jokes. No, not the Sigmund Freud collection of hilarious after-dinner jokes and anecdotes. It’s called The Joke and its ...