PSYCHOLOGY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY According to Gove (1986), marriage is described as the state of being united with a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife; the institution whereby men and women are joinedin a special kind of social and legal dependence for the purpose founding and maintaining afamily; an act of marrying or rite by […]

Abstract:  The primary objective of the study is to determine the prevalence of maternal depressive and panic disorders in women during pregnancy and the postpartum period. To accomplish this, we set up a quality improvement project in the clinic to have clinic staff screen women for major depression and panic disorder. The screening is conducted

This longitudinal project examines within a gender-balanced, racially and socioeconomically diverse community sample the enduring effects of childhood adversity as well as resilience in those with varying histories of poverty, violence, and other forms of stressful adversity. The study responds to calls prioritizing contextual risk, cumulative stress burden, and neurobiology in studying childhood development and

Rape is defined from a legal standpoint as the forcible penetration by a penis or object where there is no consent. However, it is important to recognize that there are variations in the definition of rape from country to country largely around what constitutes “force” and “consent”. The essential elements of the crime were sexual