New research published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships found that concerns about COVID-19 are associated with fear of being single and changes in partner preferences. During the lockdowns, individuals were asked to stay home and ref…
Psychologists accounted for almost 5% of suicides among healthcare professionals in 2018
A study published in American Psychologist examined the suicide rates of psychologists between 2003 and 2018, identifying 159 cases of psychologist suicide in the National Violent Death Reporting System. Psychologists accounted for approximately 5% of …
New study links support for Brett Kavanaugh to the endorsement of hegemonic masculinity
People who held traditional stereotypes about masculinity tended to have more positive evaluations of Brett Kavanaugh during his contentious Supreme Court hearings and more negative evaluations of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct, accordi…
Psychologists found a “striking” difference in intelligence after examining twins raised apart in South Korea and the United States
A new study of monozygotic twins raised apart in South Korea and the United States provides unique insight into how genetic, cultural, and environmental factors influence human development. The new research has been published in the scientific journal …
Remitted recurrent major depressive disorder associated with residual neural regulation abnormalities
New research has uncovered neural emotion regulation abnormalities in patients with remitted recurrent major depressive disorder. The findings, which appear in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical, shed new light on potential neural mechanisms that facilit…
Individuals who experience more adversity in childhood are more likely to endorse dominant leaders
Childhood experiences can predict leadership preferences in adulthood, according to new research published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. The findings indicate that people who experience greater adversity in childhood are less l…
Physically fit people are less likely to engage in deviant behaviors, according to new research
A series of three studies published in the Journal of Applied Psychology provides evidence that physical fitness is negatively correlated with deviant behaviors that violate organizational and societal norms. “I got interested in this topic because iss…
Study suggests high-quality social interactions can protect against depressed mood
How important are social interactions to individual’s happiness? A study published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships suggests that increasing social interaction, something that has been difficult through the coronavirus pandemic, can …
Your current feelings about your relationship influence the way you remember it in the past and imagine it in future
People who feel good about their romantic relationship show a stronger positive bias toward the future of the relationship, and a weaker negative bias toward the relationship in the past. These findings, published in the Journal of Social and Personal …
People who endorse conspiracy theories tend to be more religious, and this may be due to ideological overlap
A large study published in the journal Political Psychology suggests that the link between conspiracy belief and religiosity is rooted in cognitive similarities between the two beliefs. The overall findings suggest that people with higher conspiracy be…