Study ties bullying, domestic violence

Monday, June 13, 2011 - 11:20 in Psychology & Sociology

Boys who are bullies are nearly four times as likely as non-bullies to grow up to physically or sexually abuse their female partners, a study led by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health found. With growing public concern over bullying, the authors said they wanted to examine the tie to domestic abuse because both abusers and bullies are driven by the desire to exert control over another person… Read more here

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