Psychology of possibilities can enhance health, happiness
First-time mothers who pay attention to their emotional and physical changes during their pregnancy may feel better and have healthier newborns than new mothers who don’t, according to research to be presented at American...
Psychological abuse puts children at risk
Child abuse experts say psychological abuse can be as damaging to a young child’s physical, mental and emotional health as a slap, punch or kick.
While difficult to pinpoint, it may be the most challenging...
One in five new mothers experiencing exhaustion
Extreme tiredness and chronic exhaustion is experienced by one in five new mothers, as long as 18 months after the birth of their first child, a study by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute has found.
The...
Parents can increase children’s activity by increasing their own
Parents concerned about their children’s slothful ways can do something about it, according to research at National Jewish Health. They can increase their own activity. In the July 2012 issue of the Journal of...
The financial impact of divorce
Joint research led by the Australian Institute of Family Studies has found that equivalised household income after divorce declined for women but not for men.
The research found that some women were able to recover...
Social deprivation has a measurable effect on brain growth
Severe psychological and physical neglect produces measurable changes in children’s brains, finds a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital. But the study also suggests that positive interventions can partially reverse these changes.
Researchers led by...
Many Australian families managing without childcare
Many Australian families are managing their working lives so they don't miss out on time with their children and without using formal child-care services, according to new research released today by the Australian Institute...
How brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between children and adults
Neuroscientists from Wayne State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are taking a deeper look into how the brain mechanisms for memory retrieval differ between adults and children. While the memory systems...
Child’s behaviour linked to father-infant interactions
Children whose fathers are more positively engaged with them at the age of three months have fewer behavioural problems at the age of twelve months, according to new research funded by the Wellcome Trust....
Children with disabilities more likely to experience violence
Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than non-disabled children, according to a review commissioned by WHO and published today in the medical journal The Lancet.
Key findings
Findings from the...
