News tagged with intimate relationships


Teens experience both sides of dating violence

Teens in a relationship that involves dating violence are likely to be both a victim and perpetrator, as opposed to being just one or the other, finds a recent study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. In som ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fun and friends help ease the pain of breast cancer

Breast cancer patients who say they have people with whom they have a good time, or have "positive social interactions" with, are better able to deal with pain and other physical symptoms, according to a new Kaiser Permanente ...

Cancer created May 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find parent-child violence leads to teen dating violence

Teens today are involved in intimate relationships at a much younger age and often have different definitions of what is acceptable behavior in a relationship. Violence is something that is all too common and according to ...

Health created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Powerful people better at shaking off rebuffs, bonding with others

Employees often tiptoe around their bosses for fear of offending them. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, shows people in power have thicker skin than one might think.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Some men voice complaints of shortened penis following prostate cancer treatment

A small percentage of men in a prostate cancer study complained that their penis seemed shorter following treatment, with some saying that it interfered with intimate relationships and caused them to regret the type of treatment ...

Cancer created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Delusions of gender: Men's insecurities may lead to sexist views of women

He loves her, he loves her not.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Are 'hookups' replacing romantic relationships on college campuses?

"Hooking up" has become such a trend on college campuses that some believe these casual, no-strings-attached sexual encounters may be replacing traditional romantic relationships. However, a new study by researchers with ...

Health created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Couple's therapy appears to decrease PTSD symptoms, improve relationship

Among couples in which one partner was diagnosed as having posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), participation in disorder-specific couple therapy resulted in decreased PTSD symptom severity and increased patient relationship ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood emotional maltreatment causes troubled romantic relationships

People who experience Childhood Emotional Maltreatment (CEM) are more likely to have troubled romantic relationships in adult years, according to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0