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Societally-Engaged Adults See Their Lives as Redemption Stories
Middle-aged Americans who show high levels of societal involvement and mental health are especially likely to construe their lives as stories of personal redemption, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of
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People Who Volunteer Are Happier With Their Work-Life Balance
New York Magazine: If you feel that your job is eating up your life, then you probably also feel like you can’t take on any additional commitments — even though you know you probably should
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Measurement on the Move
When a team of psychological scientists sought a fresh way to study people’s good deeds and transgressions, they found a tool that was literally within anyone’s grasp — the mobile phone. In a study published
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Big Data and the World of Social Media
“Big Data” eventually will fall out of the hype cycle — but for now, it’s everywhere. In a high-profile manifesto in Science, social scientists were asked to step up and “leverage the capacity to collect
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
Aimed at integrating cutting-edge psychological science into the classroom, Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science offers advice and how-to guidance about teaching a particular area of research or topic in psychological science that has been
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Madam C.E.O., Get Me a Coffee
The New York Times: LATE one Friday afternoon at a leading consulting firm, a last-minute request came in from a client. A female manager was the first to volunteer her time. She had already spent