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Modernizing Maslow’s Hierarchy through the Lens of Self-Care

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 20:53:31 +0000

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) is one of the founders of Humanistic Psychology. Along with Carl Rogers (1902-1987), Maslow stressed the importance of looking at the whole person rather than reducing individuals to a list of symptoms or diagnoses. Both also placed a central focus on the concept of self-actualization, or the belief that humans possess an…

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Twelve Things that Sigmund Freud Got Right

AllPsych Staff — Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:39:17 +0000

Sigmund Freud continues to be an influential figure in the field of psychology for his development of psychoanalysis, a theory and treatment approach focusing on the psychological development of mental illness. His work involved exploring the unconscious mind and the impact of early experiences, particularly those related to sexual development and parental relationships, on human…

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The Education Gender Gap: APA Task Force looks at How to Help Boys Succeed in School

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:51:30 +0000

The April/May, 2023 edition of the Monitor on Psychology, the bimonthly magazine of the American Psychological Association, led with a cover story about helping boys and young men succeed in the classroom (Abrams, 2023). The article was introduced with a bold statement: "At school, by almost every metric, boys of all ages are doing worse…

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Social Media and Self-Esteem

Christopher L. Heffner, PsyD, PhD — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:30:53 +0000

A recent article published in Science Direct looked at the association between social media use and mental health among adolescents. The impact of social media on mental health is certainly not a new topic. Neil Petersen wrote about envy as a mediator of mental illness among social network users, how social media affects life satisfaction…

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Awareness and Sympathy May Be Key Components of Guilt for Children

Neil Petersen — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 16:18:41 +0000

Guilt is a negative emotion, but it’s a negative emotion that to some extent is good. If no one ever felt guilt, the world would be a scary place indeed! One question about guilt is how the tendency to feel guilt develops in childhood. We know that some children feel guiltier than other children when…

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Like Narcissistic Parent, Like Narcissistic Child?

Neil Petersen — Thu, 06 Aug 2020 02:57:03 +0000

“You have your mother’s nose, and your father’s narcissism!” For better or worse, through genes or through environment, parents pass along many things to their children. And one of those might be narcissistic traits, as highlighted in a new paper titled The Apple of Daddy’s Eye: Parental Overvaluation Links Narcissistic Traits of Father and Child.…

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Helping Others Makes Toddlers Happy

Neil Petersen — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 23:32:40 +0000

A finding that comes up again and again in psychology research is that people feel better when they take prosocial actions, which is why helping others is one of the best ways of helping yourself. The ability to derive happiness from supporting other people seems to show up early in life. A new study published…

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Why Do Most People Cradle Babies Facing Left?

Neil Petersen — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:10:46 +0000

If I hand you a baby without warning, chances are you’ll instinctively take them and cradle them with their head on your left side. Approximately 70 percent of people prefer to hold babies facing to the left. The tendency is more pronounced in right-handers and women, but it appears to be universal. Children have a…

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Want Your Toddler to Clean Up and Eat Their Vegetables? Supporting Autonomy Might Help

Neil Petersen — Mon, 15 Jun 2020 20:10:41 +0000

One of the findings that repeatedly comes up in child psychology literature is that when children have a sense of autonomy, good things tend to happen. That pattern is evident in the fact that teachers’ support of autonomy makes middle-school students more engaged and teenagers less depressed. It also relates to the dangers of helicopter…

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Night-Owl Teens Might Be Angrier

Neil Petersen — Tue, 26 May 2020 00:00:22 +0000

Psychologists that research people’s “chronotypes,” or their propensities to go to bed at different times, have found that early and late risers tend to differ in a variety of ways. In many cases, the findings haven’t exactly been good news for night owls. Studies have suggested that night owls are more likely to have emotional…

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