Highly educated women continue to find partners
In the past 25 years, Switzerland has seen the steepest rise in the share of highly educated women across Europe. Between 1999 and 2024, the share of women aged 30 to 40 who hold a…
When ‘but they’re your family’ isn’t reason enough to stay
She’s your mom.” “They’re your family.” “Blood is thicker than water.” For generations, these familiar idioms have illustrated what Rin Reczek and Emma Bosley-Smith, co-authors of the 2022 book “Families We Keep: LGBTQ People and Their Enduring…
Study suggests voter optimism wanes in runup to election day
From the UCR press release by Bettye Miller: Scholars have long known that voters tend to believe that the candidates they support will win, even when victory seems unlikely. But there has been little research…
Study suggests correlation of positive expectations to outcome in highly distressed CBT patients
From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: This report analyzes the relationship between outcome expectations of patients undergoing psychotherapy and its success. Results indicate that status at intake (symptoms, well-being, motive-satisfaction)…