George Mason Social Work Professor Denise Hines co-edits landmark book highlighting an often-overlooked group. The new book, The Routledge Handbook of Men’s Victimization in Intimate Relationships, offers the most thorough international synthesis of men as victims of intimate partner violence to date. Drawing on research from 31 contributors across five continents, it surveys how men experience abuse across places as varied as Uganda’s rural villages, the cities of China, and crisis shelters in Denmark. 

A new study from the NYU Silver School of Social Work suggests that broader social factors, such as racial inequality and experience with police violence, might be at work in the proportionately higher rates of psychosis seen among marginalized young adults.

Singing to your infant can significantly boost the baby’s mood, according to a recent Yale study published May 28 in Child Development.

Around the world and across cultures, singing to babies seems to come instinctively to caregivers. Now, new findings support that singing is an easy, safe, and free way to help improve the mental well-being of infants. Because improved mood in infancy is associated with a greater quality of life for both parents and babies, this in turn has benefits for the health of the entire family, the researchers say. The study also helps explain why musical behaviors may have evolved in parents.

The interplay of different ideas shapes how students learn and understand specific concepts in biology. A new study has investigated how a scientific understanding of evolution can be promoted / publication in ‘Science Education’

Close relationships, work teams and local communities... Cooperation is necessary for their proper functioning. It turns out that niceness can be conducive to it, as it strengthens bonds and the sense of satisfaction with teamwork, according to a study conducted in collaboration with researchers from SWPS University.