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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Over 90% of children's top 50 television shows display social bullying, according to new research. In an age where social bullying is a growing hot topic, Nicole Martins, Indiana University, and Barbara J. Wilson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, published research in the Journal of Communication looking into whether children are exposed to these behaviors through television programs. The researchers analyzed 50 of the...

RHINE, Ga., Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- 1Key Media today announced the unveiling of a new book release that was written under extreme secrecy for the protection of a true Georgia legend of our time, Susan Weeks. Weeks' highly anticipated new book, The Underestimated, is the memoir of her life as the wife of a mafia gangster. The Underestimated, written by a motion picture screenwriter, which also reads like a movie, offers an exhaustive, detailed journey of courage, bravery,...

PHOENIX, Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- It's back to school time. For many parents and elementary and secondary school students, new teachers, school supplies and fresh wardrobes come along with a renewed worry about bullying. It is reported that a child is bullied every seven minutes in our country and an estimated 77 percent of students are bullied mentally or physically, at some point during their school years, according to the Youth Ambassadors 4 Kids Club. With this in mind,...

A North Carolina State University researcher has created a roadmap to areas of the brain associated with affective aggression in mice. This roadmap may be the first step toward finding therapies for humans suffering from affective aggression disorders that lead to impulsive violent acts. Affective aggression differs from defensive aggression or premeditated aggression used by predators, in that the role of affective aggression isn’t clear and could be considered maladaptive. NC State...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online What is it that makes a woman happy?  Is it diamonds and furs, chocolate and wine, or a good book? No, apparently it's a gene. A new study from the University of South Florida (USF), the National Institutes for Health (NIH), Columbia University and the New York Psychiatric Institute has found a gene that appears to make women happy, but it doesn't work for men. The research team said this might explain why women are often happier...

WCS study shows protective moose moms are key to juvenile survival Based on ten years of fieldwork in the Tetons of Wyoming, WCS Conservation Biologist, University of Montana Professor and study author Dr. Joel Berger looked at whether body size of juvenile moose and maternal presence were related to survival of the young animals. In animals from elk to lizards and fish, size matters, and larger individuals enjoy a survival advantage. However, results of Berger's study showed that for...

Children exposed to ethnic and political violence in the Middle East are more aggressive than other children, a new study shows. And the younger children are, the more strongly they are affected, in a "chain of violence" that goes from political and ethnic strife, to violence in communities, schools, and families, and ends with their own aggressive behavior. "Our results have important implications for understanding how political struggles spill over into the everyday lives of families and...

Ethnic and political violence in the Middle East can increase violence in families, schools, and communities, which can in turn boost children's aggressiveness, especially among 8-year-olds. Those are the findings of a new study that examined children and their parents in the Middle East. "The study has important implications for understanding how political struggles can spill over into the everyday lives of families and children, and suggests that intervention might be necessary in a...

Ivy Child International encourages charitable giving by all ages through their Children Helping Children Program, which inculcates compassion, empathy, and leadership skills, helping to prevent bullying and aggression in young people so that they are raised to be compassionate and caring adults. Worcester, MA (PRWEB) August 03, 2012 A recent study shows that children as young as two years old, are inherently motivated to help others in need and have a genuine concern for the welfare of...

Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online The 2012 Olympics are known as the Twitter Olympics, mostly for the continuous stream of messages by athletes and fans alike. Twitter is not just shaping the landscape of sports, but it’s also shaping the knowledge of bully and victim interactions. In a recent study, researchers utilized microblogging site Twitter to better understand the various factors of bullying. In the past, scientists have depended on self-reporting surveys...