Category: Behaviour

Study suggests cellphone ownership may increase incidence of cyberbullying in grade school

From the American Academy of Pediatrics press release: Most research on cyberbullying has focused on adolescents. But a new study that examined cell phone ownership among children in third to… Read more »

Study suggests binge drinking in college may lower chances of landing a job after college

From the American Friends of Tel Aviv University press release: Heavy drinking six times a month reduces the probability that a new college graduate will land a job by 10 percent,… Read more »

Study suggests gender differences in financial risk tolerance linked to different response to income uncertainty

From the University of Missouri-Columbia press release: Prior research has long shown that women are, on average, less risk tolerant in their financial decisions than men. This is a concern as… Read more »

Study suggests couples weather bickering with a little help from their friends

From the University of Texas at Austin press release: Every couple has conflict, and new research finds that having good friends and family members to turn to alleviates the stress of… Read more »

Students’ self-concepts of ability in math, reading predict later math, reading attainment

From the Society for Research in Child Development press release: Educational and developmental psychologists have tried to understand how skills and motivation are linked to academic achievement. While research supports ties… Read more »

Building social communication skills in shy children helps with peer likeability

From the Yale-NUS College press release: A new study by Yale-NUS College Assistant Professor of Social Sciences (Psychology) Cheung Hoi Shan has discovered that shy children with low English vocabulary skills,… Read more »

Reliance on ‘gut feelings’ linked to belief in fake news

From the Ohio State University press release: People who tend to trust their intuition or to believe that the facts they hear are politically biased are more likely to stand behind… Read more »