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The Top 4 Riskiest Life Choices People Are Making In 2025, According to New Study
Psychology has portrayed “risk-takers” in a familiar way over the past few decades: as skydivers, gamblers, motorcyclists, partygoers and thrillseekers. But in 2025, this archetype seems to be outdated. Risky life choices, as it seems
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on the role of shame in the sexual-orientation disparity in mental health, moving toward anti-racism, profiles of risk in low-income children, and much more.
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Why It’s So Hard to Make Risk Decisions in the Pandemic
Over the past two years, I like to think I’ve gotten practiced at a type of wretched multivariable calculus: pandemic decision-making. The process starts with the blue bubble of a texted invitation or a date
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The Emerging Science of Suicide Prevention
Advances in assessment and intervention could help tip the scale toward survival, one life at a time.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on evolutionary psychology, longitudinal research, climate change, social media an well-being during the pandemic, the importance of olfaction for relaxation, risk surveys, reduction of social inequalities, and research on gender and sex.
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Why Covid Has Broken Parents’ Sense of Risk
There was a brief, shining moment in early summer when the decisions around Covid and my family felt manageable. My husband and I were vaccinated and had returned to some of our favorite indoor activities
