Tag: anxiety

Study suggests complications during birth and later social anxiety in children

From the Wiley press release: A new study published in Infant and Child Development indicates that complications during birth may increase the risk that children will develop social anxiety by their pre-teen… Read more »

Study suggests mindfulness may help improve mental health of students

From the University of Bristol press release: Mental health amongst university students could be improved by introducing mindfulness training. These are the findings from the first UK study, published in Education… Read more »

Study suggests social anxiety disorder may increase risk of alcoholism

From the Wiley press release: New research published in Depression and Anxiety indicates that, unlike other anxiety disorders, social anxiety disorder may have a direct effect on alcoholism. For the study, researchers… Read more »

Smartphones help researcher better understand the nature of depression and anxiety

From the University at Buffalo press release: Decades of research into anxiety and depression have resulted in the development of models that help explain the causes and dimensions of the… Read more »

Study looks at how people engage in casual conversations

From the Society for Personality and Social Psychology press release: Conversations are fundamental to relationships and wellbeing, but they often leave people feeling anxious, uncertain, and socially excluded. Social and… Read more »

Study suggests people with Internet addiction react the worst when WiFi fails

From the Elsevier press release: Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because of your personality. When digital technology stops working, people… Read more »

Tetris study examines role of distraction in coping with uncertainty

From the University of California – Riverside press release: Tetris could be the salve for a worried mind. The venerable video game was used in a recent experiment to create… Read more »