A consistent bedtime may be more important to a child's ability to control their emotions and behavior than the duration or quality of their sleep, according to a new publication. Sleep can affect a ...

Controlling behavior occurs when a person attempts to force another person to conform to their own needs or desires through some form of manipulation. The outsized desire for control is unhealthy and ...

All children suffer in families where one partner abuses and controls the other (Stark, 2023). In our work, we have seen that first-born child often suffer the most. In coercive control, one person ...

A long-held view is that compulsive behaviors involve individuals getting stuck in a "habit loop" that overrides self-control ...

Sophie King-Hill receives funding from the ESRC. Kieran McCartan receives funding from EU Horizon 2020 & NHS Bristol Vanguard. Nearly half of young people aged between 13 and 17 who have been in a ...

When children struggle—whether through tantrums, withdrawal, aggression, or inattention—adults often rush to interpret the behavior. We diagnose, label, or frame ...

Discover how simple routines provide security and predictability, fostering positive behaviour in children and reducing ...

Kate has received funding for research on violence against women and children from a range of federal and state government and non-government sources, including Australia's National Research ...