In a study of Swiss adults, women and people who spent more time with a pet or another animal they might feel close to reported feeling more attached to the animal and receiving more socio-emotional…
From the Penn State press release: In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different effects based on how you phrase them, according…
From the Örebro Universitet press release: For mothers who feel that they are not in control of certain aspects of life and who are struggling with their relationship to their teenage children, social support may make…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release: Reading supportive comments, “likes” and private messages from social media friends prior to taking a test may help college students who have high levels of test-anxiety significantly…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Teenagers who interact positively with their family, school and friends are far less likely to smoke, binge drink and use cannabis than peers who fail to identify with…
From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Though parents may worry that they are more involved with grown children than in the past, frequent contact between parents and their grown children can be beneficial…