Aggression and Violence

The effects of discrimination can be devastating. Sexual violence, such as rape, increases the likelihood of experiencing posttraumatic stress, and the gender pay gap prevents women from ... Read More

Last week’s rampage shooting has reignited discussions about how to prevent future tragedies. Spree killers are often loners with no prior criminal history, and their social isolation ... Read More

If you’ve ever felt like you’re not quite yourself when you’re feeling hungry, you could be onto something. About 20% of people are on a diet at any given time. Assuming ... Read More

If you’ve plugged in any electronic device or spent even a second watching the news this week, you probably know about the racist remarks allegedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner ... Read More

No one goes through life without making at least one stupid mistake. For people (especially women) who trusted their former partners with revealing or nude photos, though, the effects can ... Read More

For the second time in five years, Texas’ Fort Hood is mourning a mass shooting. The alleged gunman, Spc. Ivan Lopez, was an Iraq war veteran undergoing treatment for posttraumatic ... Read More

Though many tout the educational, stress-relieving, and entertainment value of video games as proof of their usefulness, others argue that the violent nature of some games leads to aggressive, ... Read More

Technology has changed the way we live, do our jobs, even how we interact with people. No longer do we have to wait for news from a family member across the country. With the stroke of ... Read More

A mother’s love is one of those things we all know on some fundamental level—we may know some kind of love, or we may know the lack of it. Whether she is nurturing, negligent, or ... Read More

Following a traumatic event, several symptoms may arise in a person. Posttraumatic stress manifests in a variety of ways: reexperiencing the trauma via nightmares and flashbacks, avoidance ... Read More

For the past 19 years, the transgender community has come together on November 20 to honor and mourn those brutally murdered for nothing more than their gender identity or expression. ... Read More

A few hours after recently traveling out of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), I read that there was a shooting there. Once again, a random act of violence leads me to question life, ... Read More