From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: When it comes to making new friends, status symbols actually repel people from making friends with us, according to new research published in the journal Social…
From the Linköping University press release: Active top-flight athletes who have experienced sexual or physical abuse at some time in their life run a greater risk of sports-related injury. A new study from the Athletics…
From the Arizona State University press release: Adversity is part of life — Loved ones die. Soldiers deploy to war. Patients receive terminal diagnoses. Research on how adults deal with adversity has been dominated by…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Hierarchies exist across all human and animal societies, organized by what behavioral scientists refer to as dominance. Dominant individuals tend to climb higher up the hierarchy…
From the University of Kansas press release: Findings appearing in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships show people who believe they resulted from unwanted or unplanned pregnancies tend to have more insecure relationship styles as adults.…
From the American Psychological Association press release: Thought processes and belief systems that people develop early in life to help protect against the anxiety and stress of an uncertain world may help explain why some…
From the American Psychological Association press release: When people are rude to their coworkers or treat them badly, they probably don’t realize the unintended victims in that encounter could be the coworkers’ children. Women who…
From the University at Buffalo press release: They’re called the “drunchies,” or drunk munchies. It’s the desire one has to eat salty, fatty, unhealthy foods during or after a night of heavy drinking. With obesity…
From the Wiley press release: New research reveals that mothers hold similar views and attitudes when parenting their first and second children, but their parenting behaviors with their two children differ. In the study, published…
From the University of Plymouth press release: Many people will have experienced the frustration of putting their car keys in the fridge while leaving the milk out on the side, or the embarrassment of answering…