More guns, pandemic stress and a police legitimacy crisis created perfect conditions for homicide spike in 2020
Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020.
Homicides in the U.S. spiked by almost 30% in 2020.
Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2021
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Women leaders must often battle sexist stereotypes that label them "too emotional" for effective leadership. A surprising new study shows that when they express calm, happy emotions, however, women are perceived as more effective ...
Social Sciences
Jul 27, 2021
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Smiling or exhibiting other positive emotional displays while selling a product over live video—known as livestreaming—makes people less likely to buy it, we found in new research published in the Journal of Marketing.
Social Sciences
Jul 20, 2021
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Emotions toward and cultural importance of large carnivores are better predictors of the acceptance of management strategies by local communities than the extent of livestock depredation. This is the result of a new interdisciplinary ...
Ecology
Jul 13, 2021
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New research examined the effect of different parenting styles during adolescence on crime among African American men. The study found that parenting styles characterized by little behavioral control placed youth at significant ...
Social Sciences
Jun 23, 2021
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Social media posts about the "political outgroup"—criticizing or mocking those on the opposing side of an ideological divide—receive twice as many shares as posts that champion people or organizations from one's own political ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2021
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People in both the United States and China who think others are being duped by online misinformation about COVID-19 are also more likely to support corporate and political efforts to address that misinformation, according ...
Social Sciences
Jun 3, 2021
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Alisa Yu first became intrigued with emotional acknowledgment while interviewing nurses working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. The nurses told her that verbally acknowledging ...
Social Sciences
May 17, 2021
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Observing the success of a colleague can motivate us to learn more and perform at a higher level. But when we perceive that a peer's accomplishment has risen above the usual standard of "good work" and can be rated an "exceptional" ...
Economics & Business
May 7, 2021
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Astronauts who spend extended time in space face stressors such as isolation, confinement, lack of privacy, altered light-dark cycles, monotony and separation from family. Interestingly, so do people who work at international ...
Space Exploration
Apr 20, 2021
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