Tuesday, April 10, 2012

New study finds family violence can lower a child's IQ


Children exposed early in life to interpersonal trauma, maltreatment or witnessing partner violence against their mothers, have lower Intelligence Quotient (IQ) related scores at 2, 5 and 8 years of age, find researchers at Boston Children's Hospital and the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota.

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