News tagged with healthy relationships


Coaching Boys into Men program proves effective in preventing teen dating violence, follow-up study finds

Coaching Boys into Men (CBIM), a program that seeks to reduce dating violence and sexual assault, is proven effective to reduce abusive behaviors among male athletes toward their female partners, according to a study that will ...

Health created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Expert suggests tried-and-true strategies to strengthen your relationship

What are you doing to keep your relationship alive? A University of Illinois study highlights the importance of five relationship maintenance strategies that couples can use to preserve or improve the quality of an intimate ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Mind vs. body? Dualist beliefs linked with less concern for healthy behaviors

(Medical Xpress) -- Many people, whether they know it or not, are philosophical dualists. That is, they believe that the brain and the mind are two separate entities. Despite the fact dualist beliefs are found in virtually ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Male Ontario students show declines in fighting; females show elevated bullying and mental distress

An ongoing survey of Ontario students in grades 7 to 12 conducted for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) shows that while the majority of students have healthy relationships and report overall good mental ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social ties have mixed impact on encouraging healthy behaviors in low-income areas

In low-income, minority communities, tight-knit social connections -- with family members, friends, and neighbors -- can lead people to eat healthy and be physically active, but in some cases it may actually be an obstacle ...

Health created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protecting adolescent girls from unwanted unprotected sex

Partner abuse leads to HIV infection, and black women are most at risk. A new study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has found that 46 percent of African-American adolescent girls report that their partner ...

Health created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0