The teenage years are a tumultuous time in one's life, especially for transgender teens. On top of typical social, mental, physical and emotional changes, they might also experience gender dysphoria—the psychological distress ...
Social Sciences
May 30, 2022
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Adolescents are tasked with navigating competing priorities, including whether to marry, have children, pursue a job/career, go to college, and contribute to society. A paper recently published in Developmental Psychology ...
Social Sciences
May 27, 2022
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When making decisions about what to do with their romantic relationships, people are typically inclined to move relationships forward rather than end them, according to a new paper by Western's Samantha Joel.
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2021
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Curiosity has been found to play a role in our learning and emotional well-being, but due to the open-ended nature of how curiosity is actually practiced, measuring it is challenging. Psychological studies have attempted ...
Social Sciences
Jan 12, 2021
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One of the consequences of the current coronavirus pandemic is that it has brought us face-to-face with our own mortality. Not only are we vulnerable to disease, but we can also share diseases with other animals.
Plants & Animals
Jan 6, 2021
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Anti-immigration sentiment rises when affluent people fear losing their wealth, a psychological study has found.
Political science
Aug 17, 2020
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A child's desire to share becomes influenced by social norms around the age of eight, new research has revealed.
Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2019
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People in urban areas have a lower risk of developing psychological distress and better overall health if they have more trees within a walkable distance from their homes, a study by University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers ...
Environment
Jul 26, 2019
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Simple, inexpensive urban design interventions can increase well-being and social connections among city residents, finds a new case study from the Urban Realities Lab at the University of Waterloo.
Environment
Mar 7, 2019
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At the intersection of social psychology, data science and fashion is Amy Winecoff.
Computer Sciences
Mar 4, 2019
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