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Research Answers The Question, 'Who Am I Without You?'
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryWhen a romantic relationship ends, an individual's self-concept is vulnerable to change, according to research in the February issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (published by SAGE). Self-concept is defined as a person's sense of "me." Romantic partners develop shared friends, activ ...
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Sun Mar 2010
The Prevalence Of Cyberbullying And Its Psychological Impact On Nonheterosexual Youth Revealed By New Study
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatrySchools are typically on guard against students who bully by inflicting repeated violence on other students. But technology has given rise to a relatively new form of bullying which inflicts emotional harm in a stealth manner, working through Web sites, chat rooms, e-mail, cell phones and instant me ...
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When Personality Makes Drugs Ineffective In Depression
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryA study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics addresses the role of personality factors in moderating treatment response in depression... ...
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Anthropologist/Neuroscientist Team Propose That Religion Is Ubiquitous And Persistent Because The Human Brain Needs It
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryIn the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion, two distinguished scientists radically alter the discussion... ...
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The Role Of Baby-Sign In Child Development
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryHow important is it for mothers to use hand gestures to communicate with their infants? This is the key question investigated by new research being showcased at the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science on 18 March. The event 'Communicating with Your Baby' has been ...
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Male Batterers Consistently Overestimate General Rates Of Violence Toward Partners
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryMen who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days, according to new research conducted at the University of Washington... ...
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New Research Looks At Beliefs About God's Influence In Everyday Life
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryMost Americans believe God is concerned with their personal well-being and is directly involved in their personal affairs, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. Using data from two recent national surveys of Americans, UofT Sociology Professor Scott Schieman examined peoples' b ...
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Risk-Free Treatment For Low Female Sexual Desire
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryAccording to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low ...
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Confidence Is Key To Gauging Impressions We Make
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryThe gift of "seeing ourselves as others see us" is particularly beneficial when we judge how we've made a first impression - in a job interview, during a sales pitch or on a first date. Yet, many come away from these situations with at best a vague notion of how that first impression was perceived o ...
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Public Engagement Grants 2010 - Applications Open - British Psychological Society
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryApplications are open for the British Psychological Society's Public Engagement Grants 2010. The Society has £14k to award to its members working on projects that help people or contribute to everyday life, and raise awareness of psychology and psychology research. This is the seventh year of th ...
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Intense War News Reduces Ability To Remember Ads
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryA new study shows that the more graphic and intense war news is, the less likely that viewers - regardless of political beliefs - will remember the advertising that follows the news. However, the researchers did find that lower-intensity programming resulted in a better recall of the advertising by ...
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Indigenous Psychologists Establish Online Presence - Australian Psychological Society
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryThe Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA) launched its website, enhancing the Association's ability to lead efforts to address social and emotional wellbeing and mental health in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people... ...
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Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Individuals Risk Psychiatric Disorders From Discriminatory Policies
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryA Mailman School of Public Health study examining the effects of institutional discrimination on the psychiatric health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals found an increase in psychiatric disorders among the LGB population living in states that instituted bans on same-sex marriage. The ...
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Shopping For Happiness? Get A Massage, Forget The Flat-Screen TV
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryMoney can't buy you love, but it can buy satisfaction -if you spend wisely. Consumers found that satisfaction with "experiential purchases" - from massages to family vacations - starts high and increases over time... ...
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Choosing A University Degree Is Not Linked To Personality
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryResearchers from the University of Cádiz (UCA) have studied the connection between professional preferences and personality, based on interviews and questionnaires carried out on 735 secondary school students from the province of Cadiz. The results indicate that personality does not have an influ ...
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Women Face VA Obstacles In Treatment For War Disorders
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryWomen are saying they face roadblocks to care when they seek treatment at Veterans Affairs hospitals, even as they return in record numbers from battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan, ABC News reports... ...
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New TAU Study Says Control Freaks Can Reduce Their Stress Load And Perform Better
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryBudget cutbacks have left many of us with more work than ever. Now new research by Dr. Danit Ein-Gar of Tel Aviv University's Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration offers us tips to help us stay at the top of our game. And the good news is there's no need to be a "control freak." With ...
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Individual Counseling, Religious Support Increase Contraceptive Use In Afghanistan, WHO Study Finds
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryBirth control use in three rural areas of Afghanistan increased over an eight-month period after health workers explained the benefits of contraception in individual counseling sessions, according to a report published Monday in the World Health Organization's journal Bulletin, the AP/Yahoo! News re ...
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Moms Influence How Children Develop Advanced Cognitive Functions
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryExecutive functioning is a set of advanced cognitive functions - such as the ability to control impulses, remember things, and show mental flexibility - that help us plan and monitor what we do to reach goals. Although executive functioning develops speedily between ages 1 and 6, children vary widel ...
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Morality Research Sheds Light On The Origins Of Religion
Categorie : Psychology / PsychiatryThe details surrounding the emergence and evolution of religion have not been clearly established and remain a source of much debate among scholars. Now, an article published by Cell Press in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences on February 8 brings a new understanding to this long-standing disc ...
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