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The psychology of power abuse

Power abuse persists in the modern workplace. Experts explain why, share the effects of power abuse and advise on how to stop ...
Psychological abuse isn't always loud or obvious. Sometimes, it's the quiet, subtle behaviors that do the most damage. The tricky part? These behaviors often get dismissed as "just their personality" ...
Over the last several years, we have become familiar with the term toxic workplace. And typically, the related bullying and ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the realm of psychological warfare, there exists a subtle art of manipulation that often goes unnoticed until its effects have ...
Verbal abuse is a way of attacking or negatively defining another person using words—or silence—as a weapon. It can take a variety of forms ranging from loud rants to passive-aggressive remarks.
A new psychological investigation suggests that emotional abuse in childhood serves as the primary driver for a debilitating ...
State House Speaker Joanna McClinton, D-Philadelphia/Delaware, recently hosted a hearing in Darby with the House Majority Policy Committee about the issue of psychological abuse in the workplace, and ...
In the world of abuse, physical abuse gets all the attention. Emotional abuse gets treated as if it’s not that bad. But abuse is abuse. There’s not a type of abuse that’s “not that bad.” It all causes ...