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Moving in Childhood Contributes to Depression
In recent decades, mental health providers began screening for “adverse childhood experiences” — generally defined as abuse, neglect, violence, family dissolution and poverty — as risk factors for later disorders. ... Shigehiro Oishi, a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago and the author of a 2010 study on the long-term effects of frequent moves in childhood, said that the negative effect of moves within the United States might be greater than within Denmark, since the differences in curriculum and quality of instruction would most likely be greater.
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Teens Feel Less Emotional Support Than Their Parents Think They Do, New Report Shows
As a youth mental health crisis persists in the US, a new report highlights a significant gap between the level of support that teenagers feel and the amount that parents think their children have. Only about a quarter of teens said they always get the social and emotional support they need, but parents were nearly three times more likely to think they did, according to a report published Tuesday by the National Center for Health Statistics. ... Teens are often thinking about their feelings, along with their identity and place in the world, but they might not want to share that with their parents, said Dr.
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These Science-based Tips Can Help You Manage Conflicts in Relationships
Conflicts are inevitable even in the most loving of relationships. Goals, needs and interests will differ on matters great and small — parenting styles, delegation of chores, whether the toilet seat should be up. Contrary to popular belief, though, conflicts in and of themselves are not a sign that there’s something wrong with the relationship, experts say. If managed well, conflicts provide “the opportunity to enhance and grow in our relationships,” said Nickola Overall, a professor of psychology at the University of Auckland specializing in the science of relationships.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on the moral psychology of AI, parenting by lying, color semantics in human cognition, and much more.
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When Versus Whether: Gender Differences in Leadership
Podcast: In contemporary society, there is a significant rise in the number of women assuming leadership positions compared to past generations. Nevertheless, this raises the question: Do these growing numbers equate to equal access to opportunities? Under the Cortex explores.
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Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science
A new job, apartment or relationship can all come with a sheen of excitement. But that luster fades after a while. And everything seems a bit duller. There's a term for that phenomenon, says Tali Sharot, a cognitive neuroscientist at University College London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: habituation. It's "our tendency to respond less and less to things that are repeated or constant."
