A pregnant woman's exposure to tobacco smoke and pollution from road traffic can influence the development of behavioural outcomes in early childhood. This is the conclusion of a recent study led by a ...

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) is a structured, evidence-based intervention designed to reduce disruptive and oppositional behaviours in young children by enhancing the quality of the ...

Do abuse and neglect cause behavior problems among children or do behavior problems among children cause abuse and neglect? A new study from researchers in the Penn State College of Health and Human ...

Instead, we saw a clear and striking change in child behaviour." Beth Barker, a research assistant at the PEDAL Centre, said: "The fact that this programme was effective with children aged just one or ...

When a child displays violent or aggressive behaviour, such as hitting, biting, anger, or sudden defiance, the first reactions are often blame and discipline. Parents may worry about poor parenting, ...

The failure to outlaw smacking in England and Northern Ireland has been branded a "huge missed opportunity and deeply ...

Previous research indicates that extensive time in early center-based day care is correlated with high levels of behavior problems in young children. However, the validity of this work has been ...

Young person had been in council-arranged care that had broken down, but nowhere had been found to support their complex needs Laura Donnelly is the Health Editor for The Telegraph, leading ...

Children who are exposed to abuse before they are eleven years old, and those exposed to abuse both in childhood and adolescence may be more likely to develop conduct problems (such as bullying or ...

A child throwing a toy, talking back, refusing to share, or melting down in the middle of a calm evening can look like simple misbehavior. But very often, what appears “bad” on the surface is only the ...

Our study is the first to show that childhood maltreatment, at least in part, causes poorer mental health. Master1305/ Shutterstock Our research team wanted to know if childhood maltreatment directly ...