Anger Management News

December 5, 2023

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Dec. 5, 2023 — While anger and aggression are instinctive behaviors found across many species, leaving these emotions unchecked can lead to conflict and violence. In a recent study, researchers demonstrated that neuronal-glial interactions in the cerebellum ...

Fighting Fruit Flies Help Researchers Understand Why We Stay Angry

Nov. 29, 2023 — Researchers are homing in on the neurons, circuits, and mechanisms responsible for persistent aggression in fruit ...

How Teachers Would Handle Student Violence Against Educators

Nov. 14, 2023 — For the first time, teachers in a nationwide study have told researchers what strategies they think work best to deal with student violence against educators. Teachers rated suspending or expelling students as the least effective way of addressing ...

Want to Achieve Your Goals? Get Angry

Oct. 30, 2023 — While often perceived as a negative emotion, anger can also be a powerful motivator for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives, according to new ...

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Children as Young as Four Eat More When Bored

Oct. 24, 2023 — A new study has shown that children as young as four years old eat 79% more calories when they are bored, compared to when they are in a neutral ...

Calls for Verbal Abuse of Children by Adults to Be Formally Recognized as Form of Child Maltreatment

Oct. 2, 2023 — A new systematic review has highlighted the importance of identifying childhood verbal abuse by adults as a standalone subtype of child maltreatment, ...

Researcher Combats Bullying of Students With Disabilities

Aug. 30, 2023 — Students with disabilities are often bullied and socially excluded in school at a far greater rate than their classmates. To help teachers recognize, respond to and prevent bullying toward these ...

Formerly Depressed Patients Continue to Focus on Negative

Aug. 21, 2023 — People who have recovered from a major depressive episode, when compared with individuals who have never experienced one, tend to spend more time processing negative information and less time ...

Overuse of Social Media and Devices Top Parent Concerns as Kids Head Back to School

Aug. 21, 2023 — As children head back to school, two issues have climbed higher on their parents' list of concerns: the role of social media and the internet in ...

Controlled Cruelty: New Study Finds Aggression Can Arise from Successful Self-Control

July 13, 2023 — A new study has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-control but, instead, often can be the product of successful ...

Mental Imagery a Helpful Way to Distract Teens from Negative Thought Patterns

Apr. 27, 2023 — For adolescents who may get stuck in negative thought spirals, refocusing on mental imagery is a more effective distraction than verbal ...

Dynamic Expression of Brain Serotonin Receptors Across the Menstrual Cycle Provides Clues About Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder

Feb. 23, 2023 — A new study explores the interplay between the serotonin system and estradiol in the brain, showing that the central nervous system in patients with ...

Beta-Blocker Use Associated With Lower Rates of Violence, Research Finds

Jan. 31, 2023 — Reductions in violence are seen in individuals using Beta adrenergic-blocking agents (Beta-blockers) compared with periods that they are not taking the medication, a new study finds. If the findings ...

Changing Feelings Can Boost Creativity for Conventional Thinkers

Nov. 22, 2022 — Even people who tend to think conventionally, such as accountants or insurance adjusters, can be creative, a recent study suggests, if they can look at emotional situations in a different light. In a ...

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Heavy Drinking, Handgun-Carrying Linked Among Rural Youth

Aug. 23, 2023 — Alcohol use and subsequent handgun carrying were positively associated during adolescence and young adulthood among individuals who grew up in rural areas, similar to findings in urban areas. ...

Young Kids May Learn to Identify Dog Aggression With Age and Experience

July 26, 2023 — In a study of children and adults, both higher age and having had a pet dog were associated with better ability to recognize dog emotions from facial expressions. The findings show that 4-year-olds ...

Warm Days Are Contributing to Gun Violence Surge Across the United States, Study Finds

Dec. 16, 2022 — A new study has found a consistent relationship between higher temperatures and higher risk of shootings in 100 of the country's most populated cities. The comprehensive study reveals that ...

Deprivation in Childhood Linked to Impulsive Behavior in Adulthood

Nov. 17, 2022 — Researchers found a link between deprivation in childhood and impulsive behavior -- leading to addictions later in life. The findings, which are a culmination of six years of research, also found a ...

Nazi Propaganda from 1927-1945 Reveals Role of Dehumanization of Jews in the Holocaust

Nov. 9, 2022 — A linguistic analysis of Nazi propaganda suggests that dehumanization of Jews shifted over time, with propaganda after the onset of the Holocaust portraying Jews as having a greater capacity for ...

Violence on TV: The Effects Can Stretch from Age 3 Into the Teens

Nov. 8, 2022 — A new study suggests that exposure to violent screen content in the preschool years is associated with a heightened risk of psychological and academic difficulties in ...

Having Suffered Trauma During Childhood Triples the Risk of Suffering a Serious Mental Disorder in Adulthood, Study Finds

Nov. 3, 2022 — A new study links psychological trauma in childhood with an increased risk of developing some kind of mental disorder years ...

Good Sleep Can Increase Women's Work Ambitions

Oct. 31, 2022 — A study indicated that sleep quality impacted women's mood and changed how they felt about advancing in their careers. Meanwhile, men's aspirations were not impacted by sleep quality. The ...

New Research Shows Link Between Workplace Bullying and Conspiracy Beliefs

Oct. 27, 2022 — New research has shown that people who experience bullying in the workplace are more likely to engage in conspiracy ...

Oct. 7, 2022 — Spanking is more common among parents who report using many types of discipline with children and in families where there is intimate partner violence, according to new ...

A New Understanding of the Neurobiology of Impulsivity

Sep. 23, 2022 — While not all impulsive behavior speaks of mental illness, a wide range of mental health disorders which often emerge in adolescence, including depression and substance abuse, have been linked to ...

Targeting Impulsivity Early in Adolescence Could Prevent Later Behavioral Disorders

Aug. 9, 2022 — A new study following hundreds of youth over more than a half-dozen years suggests that targeting adolescents who exhibit high levels of impulsivity in early adolescence could halt a cascading chain ...

Making Sense of Socially Enhanced Aggression in the Brain

July 22, 2022 — Researchers have identified the brain regions responsible for the increased aggression that occurs when male mice spend time with other male mice before an aggressive encounter -- a concept known as ...

Hunger Really Can Make Us Feel 'Hangry'

July 6, 2022 — New research has discovered that feeling hungry really can make us 'hangry', with emotions such as anger and irritability strongly linked with ...

Study Shows Link Between Cyberbullying and Suicidality in Early Adolescence

June 27, 2022 — Researchers found that targets of cyberbullying were more likely to report suicidal thoughts and attempts, above and beyond offline ...

Fights in Pro Hockey Don't Deter Greater Violence, Study Finds

June 22, 2022 — Allowing fights among players in the National Hockey Leagues does not deter greater violence in the modern game, according to a new ...

Us Versus Them: Harming the 'Outgroup' Is Linked to Elevated Activity in the Brain's Reward Circuitry

June 16, 2022 — Humans tend to form groups, which often find themselves in conflict with rival groups. But why do people show such a ready tendency to harm people in opposing groups? A new study led by researchers ...

A Surprising Way to Tamper Ugly 'Dark Triad' Personality Traits

June 1, 2022 — Want to be less selfish, manipulative or impulsive? A new study has found that tasks designed to make someone more agreeable also effectively reduce a trio of negative personality traits known as the ...

People High in Narcissism Less Likely to Comply With COVID-19 Mitigations

May 10, 2022 — Researchers looked at the effects of narcissism on whether people were more or less likely to wear a mask in public or get vaccinated against COVID-19 and found a person's individual level of ...

Apr. 6, 2022 — A longitudinal study tested the novel hypothesis that aggressive and disruptive children engage in frequent conflicts with classmates to strengthen their position in the group and enhance their ...

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