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Four Types of Bad Driving

Four Types of Bad Driving

All good drivers are alike, but every bad driver drives badly in their own way, to paraphrase Tolstoy. Now, a pair of psychologists from Louisiana State University have come up with a ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Emotion-Affective Psychology
The Best Way to Hit Rock Bottom

The Best Way to Hit Rock Bottom

Ask someone to tell you their life story and chances are you’ll get a narrative that, like any good story, has high points and low points. It turns out, though, that how ...
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/ / Meaning, Positive Psychology
Why Do Religious People Report Higher Rates of Porn Addiction?

Why Do Religious People Report Higher Rates of Porn Addiction?

Pornography addiction is a hot debate (no pun intended!) because it gets at two themes that tend to stir up a lot of moralistic opinions: sex and the growing role of technology ...
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/ / Addiction, Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Pornography, Religion, Sex
Resilience Links Emotional Intelligence and Stress Management

Resilience Links Emotional Intelligence and Stress Management

Emotional intelligence has been increasingly recognized as important over the last several decades, the EQ to go with IQ. The idea being, of course, that all the smarts in the world won’t ...
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/ / Emotion-Affective Psychology, Positive Psychology, Resilience, Stress & Trauma
Social Media Use Today Could Mean Memory Slips Tomorrow

Social Media Use Today Could Mean Memory Slips Tomorrow

Go on a Facebook binge, and the consequence might be … I’m sorry, where was I? A new study by researchers at the University of Michigan implicates social media usage in higher ...
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/ / Cognitive Psychology, Memory, Social Media, Social Psychology
What Makes a "Healthy" Personality?

What Makes a “Healthy” Personality?

Do you ever meet someone who just seems remarkably free of stress and comfortable with themselves? You might come away wondering whether there’s a certain set of personality traits that predisposes some ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Personality
How Have Social Attitudes Changed in the Last Decade?

How Have Social Attitudes Changed in the Last Decade?

People’s attitudes toward different social groups tend to change over time. But how have people’s attitudes in the United States changed in recent years? A pair of researchers from Harvard University decided ...
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/ / Relationships, Social Justice, Social Psychology
Should Therapists Disclose Their Own Mental Health Struggles?

Should Therapists Disclose Their Own Mental Health Struggles?

As a mental health blogger, I don’t have to think twice over pouring my heart out about my own mental health challenges. But therapists are in a more delicate position. On one ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Mental Health, Therapists, Treatment
Unlike Receiving, Giving Never Gets Old

Unlike Receiving, Giving Never Gets Old

When it comes to material goods, people are never quite satisfied with what they have. Eventually, that cool new phone you got for Christmas starts to seem routine. You get a good ...
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/ / Altruism, Positive Psychology
"Popular" Teens May Be Lonelier

“Popular” Teens May Be Lonelier

Along with the changes of adolescence comes an increased desire to be "popular." But teenagers who aspire to high levels of social prestige might want to be careful what they wish for ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Depression, Loneliness, Popularity, Teens