Children show distress in subtle ways. When adults listen with intention, they help children feel safe, regulate emotions, and choose healthier ways to respond.

A brawl among adults attending a boys’ middle school basketball game in Alburgh, Vt., this week led to tragic consequences, when a man involved in the melee later died at a nearby hospital. An autopsy ...

Recent psychological studies have shed light on the persistence of bullying behavior beyond childhood, revealing complex patterns of intimidation that continue to affect adult interactions. This ...

As many dog owners can attest, their four-legged companions are delightful and loving. But for others, their animals have an aggressive side, such as biting and attacking strangers, which may ...

People who watch violent television as children behave more aggressively even 15 years later, according to one of the few TV violence studies to follow children into adulthood. The effect appeared in ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The prevalence of physical aggression among adults "eclipses rates based on police reports or victimization surveys by a factor of 10," according to a study by University at Buffalo ...

One of Freud’s most influential statements was "The child is the father of the man." This was meant to be interpreted as meaning that an individual’s early history of stressors, adversity, and other ...

Both boys and girls who watch a lot of violence on television have a heightened risk of aggressive adult behavior including spouse abuse and criminal offenses, no matter how they act in childhood, a ...