To improve students' mental health, study finds, teach them to breathe
When college students learn specific techniques for managing stress and anxiety, their wellbeing improves across a range of measures and leads to better mental health, a new Yale study finds.
Date Posted: August 8, 2020
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Overconfidence Can Be Transmitted From Person To Person
There will always be some people within a group who are more confident than others. But some groups as a whole tend towards modesty - as with the !Kung hunters of the Kalahari Desert, for example, who deliberately downplay their own achievements and efforts. However, the opposite can also occur - and widespread overconfidence can of course become a problem, as with the US energy company Enron, whose "culture of arrogance" ultimately led to its downfall.
Date Posted: August 6, 2020
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Psychological Problems Involving Time
Susan is habitually unemployed because of frequent tardiness and absences. What do you do with an employee who’s always late or absent? For many years, Susan would be fired by bosses after only a short period of probation.Our sense of values is related to time. When we misuse or waste time, it creates unwanted compulsive ...
Date Posted: August 6, 2020
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
Landmark study on 11,196 couples pinpoints what dating apps get so wrong
If you have ever labored over how to convey your personality through a dating app bio - or judged someone else's through theirs - research on romance suggests you place your efforts elsewhere.
Date Posted: August 4, 2020
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Hedonism Leads to Happiness
Relaxing on the sofa or savoring a delicious meal: Enjoying short-term pleasurable activities that don't lead to long-term goals contributes at least as much to a happy life as self-control, according to new research from the University of Zurich and Radboud University in the Netherlands.
Date Posted: July 29, 2020
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The Psychological Toll of Rude E-mails
Imagine waking up on Monday morning to an e-mail in your inbox that was written entirely in capital letters—an e-mail that jolts you awake far quicker than the cup of coffee in your hand: "IS THIS A JOKE??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" With the caps lock key and the stroke of an exclamation point, your co-worker has just done the equivalent of shouting at you across the office.
Date Posted: July 28, 2020
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Till “death” do us part!
Really…now, this might just be one bubble that needs to be popped already.Marriage is a very personal affair. What works ...
Written By:
Mini Nair
May 29
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Tiredness Solutions
We have a lot of tired people nowadays.With Coronavirus, it’s painful “honest” tiredness from long or tedious ...
Written By:
Dr. Angelo Subida, Psychotherapist
May 20
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