News tagged with negative behavior
Positive words: the glue to social interaction
(Phys.org) -- Scientists at ETH Zurich have studied the use of language, finding that words with a positive emotional content are more frequently used in written communication. This result supports the theory that social ...
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May 24, 2012 |
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Boy toddlers need extra help dealing with negative emotions
The way you react to your two-year-old's temper tantrums or clinginess may lead to anxiety, withdrawal and behavior problems down the road, and the effect is more pronounced if the child is a boy who often displays such negative ...
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Mar 08, 2011 |
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Emotional intelligence empowers positive attitudes in private sector; not in public sector
A new study from the University of Haifa shows that within the private sector high levels of emotional intelligence empower positive attitudes towards the workplace; however, the same effect was not found within the public ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Dec 23, 2010 |
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: The health of health care depends on it
Along with integrity and compassion, respect for patients, colleagues and other team members is an essential attribute of medical professionalism. A new study examines how medical students learn respectful or disrespectful ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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When in Rome: Study-abroad students increase alcohol intake
For most American students, spending a semester or two studying in a foreign country means the opportunity to improve foreign language skills and become immersed in a different culture. For others, studying abroad is more ...
Oct 11, 2010 |
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Once bitten, twice shy -- a temperature switch triggers aversive memory
Neurobiologists can now activate specific nerve cells to study the association between sensations and negative experiences.
Jul 26, 2010 |
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We Aren't as Ethical as We Think We Are, Research Says
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since Enron, it seems more academics have been trying to understand and rectify unethical behavior. Research in a forthcoming paper might help organizations better understand thinking patterns in the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Researchers Find Law Mandating Care for People With Severe Mental Illnesses Helps Reduce Violence
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Columbia University researchers has determined that mandatory outpatient treatment for people with severe mental illnesses has led to a drop in violent behavior. The study was published in February ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Nonverbal communication of race bias on TV influences viewers' own bias
Subtle patterns of nonverbal behavior that appear on popular television programs influence racial bias among viewers, according to research from Tufts University to appear in the December 18, 2009, issue of the journal Science.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Study shows link between working memory and reactive parenting
Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Parents gone wild? Study suggests link between working memory and reactive parenting
We've all been in situations before where we get so frustrated or angry about something, we will lash out at someone without thinking. This lashing out — reactive negativity — happens when we can't control our emotions. Luckily, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2009 |
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The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence
In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms
In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Nepotism has its benefits when it comes to survival
While nepotism may have negative connotations in politics and the workplace, being surrounded by your relatives does lead to better group dynamics and more cooperation in some animals. That certainly seems ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Stereotypes can fuel teen misbehavior
Drinking. Drugs. Caving into peer pressure. When parents expect their teenagers to conform to negative stereotypes, those teens are in fact more likely to do so, according to new research by Christy Buchanan, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 21, 2009 |
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