Parents, teachers, coaches and other adults shouting at, denigrating or verbally threatening children can be as damaging to their development as sexual or physical abuse, a new study finds. The study, ...

A 20-year longitudinal study has found that verbal aggression in adult romantic relationships is best predicted by the level of verbal aggression participants’ fathers directed toward their mothers, ...

A new systematic review has highlighted the importance of identifying childhood verbal abuse by adults as a standalone subtype of child maltreatment, to ensure targeted prevention and address the ...

Physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect are recognised as subtypes of child maltreatment. But verbal abuse of children by adults is currently not recognized as form of child ...

Physical and verbal abuse during childhood were each associated with a greater than 50% increase in likelihood of poor mental health during adulthood, with exposure to both types of abuse compounding ...

Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion a year globally, show recent findings. Childhood verbal abuse by adults costs society an estimated $300 billion (£239 billion) ...

A major new study has found that verbal abuse in childhood may be just as damaging to long-term mental well-being as physical abuse, if not more so. This groundbreaking research highlights the need to ...