Clinical Psychology & Mental Health

Personality Traits and Holiday Spending

Personality Traits and Holiday Spending

Not everyone approaches the holiday season in the same way, financially speaking. Some will run up credit card bills with heaps of lavish gifts while others take a more tightfisted approach. A ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Holidays, Money, Personality
Depression Might Be Part of the Reason Psychopaths Go to Bed Later

Depression Might Be Part of the Reason Psychopaths Go to Bed Later

When the sun sets, all kinds of creatures come out of the woodwork. Owls, bats and … psychopaths? Some previous research suggests that the darker side of human nature really does have ...
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/ / Antisocial, Clinical Psychology, Depression, Personality, Sleep
Can a Cartoon Character Fight Stigma Against Autism?

Can a Cartoon Character Fight Stigma Against Autism?

Cartoons might seem like nothing more than a fun way to pass the time. Presumably, though, children who watch cartoons are integrating the things they see into how they view the world, ...
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/ / Art, Autism, Children, Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology
Family Connectedness Predicts Teen Coping Skills

Family Connectedness Predicts Teen Coping Skills

The family someone comes from can shape how they relate to the world around them – including how they cope with stressful situations, as it turns out. A new study from researchers ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Family, Parenting, Relationships, Teens
"Dark" Personality Traits Aren't Always Obvious to Others

“Dark” Personality Traits Aren’t Always Obvious to Others

In my last post, I talked about good liars and what sets them apart. As it turns out, today’s topic is going to continue our look at the darker side of human ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Narcissism, Personality
Is Your Phubbing Hurting Your Kids?

Is Your Phubbing Hurting Your Kids?

"Phubbing" is an invented word for a phenomenon we all know to be quite real: the act of snubbing someone by burying your face in a smartphone. Psychologists have previously tied phubbing ...
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/ / Children, Clinical Psychology, Media Psychology & Technology, Parenting, Relationships
Untangling the Links Between Sedentary Behavior and Depression

Untangling the Links Between Sedentary Behavior and Depression

Among the detrimental effects that are increasingly being blamed on sedentary behavior are mental health conditions such as depression. In one study I wrote about a couple years ago, researchers found that ...
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/ / Behavioral Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Depression
Social Anxiety May Disrupt Conversational Synchrony

Social Anxiety May Disrupt Conversational Synchrony

Although people with high levels of social anxiety don’t necessarily leave as bad an impression as they think, there is some evidence that those without social anxiety receive more favorable assessments overall ...
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/ / Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Language, Relationships, Social Psychology
Are Today's Teenagers the Most Bored Ever?

Are Today’s Teenagers the Most Bored Ever?

Today’s teenagers have an abundance of digital diversions and instant gratifications at their disposal. Yet for this richness of entertainment options, adolescents in recent years might be more bored than their historical ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Mental Health, Teens
Stress Beliefs Might Matter for Stress Response

Stress Beliefs Might Matter for Stress Response

People seem to have real differences in how we react to the stressful situations we inevitably encounter in everyday life. Given that stress is intertwined with mental and physical health, figuring out ...
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/ / Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Stress & Trauma, Young Adults