Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness (VA), which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social causes.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Bullying is typically portrayed in popular culture as either physical aggression, such as pushing and kicking, or verbal aggression, such as threats and derogatory insults. However, a ...

From today's Report and Recommendations by Magistrate Judge Christopher D. Baker (E.D. Cal.) in Johnson v. Watkin: BP 3050 serves as the [Kern Community College] District's policy on "Institutional ...

Parents or caregivers who yell at their kids could be doing long-term harm to their kids’ psyches, new research suggests. Researchers from Wingate University in North Carolina and University College ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although physical violence was infrequent, some receptionists reported being hit and shaken. Researchers ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The methods mothers use to control their children during playtime and other daily activities could have a negative impact on their child's self-esteem and behavior, according to ...

An uptick in verbal and physical aggression has large numbers of educators expressing intentions to transfer schools or resign from the profession altogether. Threats and violence against P-12 ...

Young kids may be watching more aggressive media than parents realize. Sept. 27, 2012 — -- Children between the ages of 2 and 11 are viewing social aggression on television at rates far greater ...

Tonya Shonkwiler, a special education teacher in Montana, remembers the moment she realized she had to leave her last job. A high school student, taller and stronger than her, who was "working through ...

In the first large-scale study on resident-to-resident elder mistreatment (RREM) in nursing homes, researchers found a one-month prevalence of all RREM types of 20%. The sample consisted of 2,011 ...

In a big, new COVID-19-era survey, more than half of all educators and school personnel reported being victimized at work. 6 in 10 teachers experienced physical violence or verbal aggression during ...