Dr Patrizia Pezzoli
@drpatriziapezzoli.bsky.social
Lecturer @uclpals.bsky.social | Psychologist investigating risk & protective factors for victimisation and antisocial behaviour.
Experiencing abuse or neglect as a child can increase the risk of being victimised by a romantic partner in adulthood, by impacting personality and mental health development, finds a new study led by UCL PALS researchers. 🔗 More here: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma... @drpatriziapezzoli.bsky.social
Evidence for different factors shaping callous-unemotional (CU) traits in children's development: children with CU traits and with higher anxiety seem more influenced by non-shared environmental factors (e.g. adversity) and less by genetics: tinyurl.com/msvm2dem
<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library
Background Callous–unemotional (CU) traits identify youth with more severe and chronic trajectories of conduct problems. However, the etiology of CU traits may be heterogeneous, undermining the sear...
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Approaches to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing Date: Feb 9 | Time: 3pm to 5pm Location: 26 Bedford Way Hear from UCL academics as they explore how arts, leisure & physical activity can foster resilience & wellbeing in young people. https://bit.ly/49iLxcz
Approaches to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing
Join us on 9th February for a special event during Children's Mental Health Week 2026.
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NEW PAPER & BLOG: We worked with adults who experienced childhood maltreatment to understand how this impacted their romantic relationships, and what can be done to support those at risk. Read our blog which summarises the findings, co-written with our lived-experienced researchers here:
Childhood Maltreatment and Its Link to Adult Relationships – Safe Relationships Project
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Open Access UCL Research: Lived-experience perspectives on the psychological factors linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
Lived-experience perspectives on the psychological factors linking childhood maltreatment to later intimate partner violence victimization - UCL Discovery
UCL Discovery is UCL's open access repository, showcasing and providing access to UCL research outputs from all UCL disciplines.
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📢 Are you an accredited therapist, psychologist, or counsellor? University College London (UCL) is conducting a study on the psychological link between childhood maltreatment & domestic abuse and the therapeutic approaches that foster safe relationships. 📩 Sign up here: bit.ly/41lGXon
The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a study led by @drpatriziapezzoli.bsky.social @uclpals.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...
Risk of domestic abuse increases over time for those exposed to childhood maltreatment
The risk of experiencing intimate partner violence may accumulate over time among people who experienced childhood maltreatment when they were younger, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
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