progscrape: psychology

Nicotine use during adolescence (17-19Y) is linked to higher rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts, with nearly 80% of girls who use nicotine reporting clinically significant anxiety symptoms…

29 days ago gu.se psychology

Right-leaning Canadians’ trust in the bodies that manage Canadian elections has declined significantly since 2019

12 days ago mcgill.ca canada psychology

Recent psychological research provides evidence that adolescents who feel emotionally detached and unnoticed by others may be more likely to engage in addictive behaviors as a way to cope

10 days ago psypost.org psychology

New results contrast with traditional assumptions about gender desires

30 days ago psypost.org psychology

Men are less likely than women to seek help after experiencing intimate partner violence, and new research found the main barriers include viewing it as a private matter, fear of retaliation, shame…

19 days ago publichealth.gmu.edu psychology

Men who crave social power are more likely to endorse strict beauty norms for women

32 days ago psypost.org psychology

The strongest conspiracy believers had a 91% probability of simultaneously endorsing two claims that cannot both be true, vs 3% for the weakest (8 studies, n=8,590)

14 days ago academic.oup.com psychology

Rising number of Americans who identify as political independents is driven by genuine dissatisfaction with their own preferred party, rather than a desire to hide their political leanings to avoid social judgment

19 days ago psypost.org psychology

Review of 25 years of research found plant-forward diets may enhance physical attractiveness through multiple pathways, including healthier-looking facial coloration, more pleasant body odor and body composition associated with greater attractiveness.

5 days ago lidsen.com psychology

Computational study reveals how eye movements shape our choices: concentration and gaze duration actively biasing the brain's decision process

4 days ago doi.org brain psychology

Medical Cannabis Dispensary Availability Improved Self-Reported Mental Health among Older Adults in New York

12 days ago pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov cannabis psychology

Women globally place higher importance on moral identity than men. The researchers analyzed data from 46,490 adults across 67 countries

16 days ago psypost.org psychology

Psilocybin reverses depressive behaviors and restores brain cell growth in stressed rats

3 days ago psypost.org brain psilocybin psychology

How use of AI harms college students’ ability to learn: Students who copy answers from AI tools without verifying information experience declines in their ability to learn independently

13 days ago psypost.org ai psychology

Study suggests waist-to-bust ratio, not waist-to-hip ratio, drives female body attractiveness among Japanese men

28 days ago psypost.org japan psychology

Analyzing how children speak about stressful events with linguistic models, predicted depression and anxiety up to 6 years later more accurately than human experts, with sentence structure (such as use of words like and, to, and but) more predictive than the actual descriptions of stress

31 days ago humsci.stanford.edu psychology

Social anxiety, not masking, may drive mental health struggles in autistic adults

20 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

Study links short-form video addiction to a decline in teenagers' academic coping skills

21 days ago psypost.org psychology video

New follow-up study shows that a Finnish digital intervention programme Master Your Worries continued to reduce children's anxiety and improve their functional ability even after two years.

15 days ago utu.fi psychology

Subtle white light changes make indoor rooms feel cooler or warmer: blue-enriched white light made people feel cool enough to tolerate indoor temperatures 1.3°F (0.72°C) warmer, while red-enriched white light made them feel warmer without any visible difference in light color

11 days ago psu.edu psychology

People who feel lonely show altered brain activity when processing internal physical signals

28 days ago psypost.org brain psychology

Why getting extra time in your day seems to make you late: across seven studies of both real and hypothetically gained free time, researchers found this mental time expansion changes how we behave, and we’ll often spend longer doing the same things and choose activities that take more time

30 days ago utsc.utoronto.ca psychology

A randomized clinical trial of 532 adolescents found that a video game-based prevention intervention reduced depressive symptoms at 12-month follow-up compared with commercial video games

11 days ago doi.org game psychology trial video

Study on social media algorithms found young adults (~20Y) with more depressive symptoms receive recommendations that lean more depressive, and their EEG brain activity shows patterns characteristic of depression, suggesting personalized feeds may reinforce a negative feedback loop

2 days ago news.utdallas.edu algorithm brain media psychology

In a randomized comparison, a community-engaged translation of the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) into Navajo (focused on accurately representing the meaning of ambiguous terms like 'special person') was not clearly more valid or reliable than a basic forward translation

19 days ago doi.org psychology

During the 2024 US presidential primary season, a recent study found reading or watching negative political media predicted higher anxiety and lower work engagement, whereas positive political content predicted increased hope and helpfulness on the job.

16 days ago psypost.org media psychology

Losing an election is associated with lower social trust among polarized voters

34 days ago psypost.org psychology

Sharing a similar, positive sense of humor appears to boost the chances of a successful romantic connection

47 days ago psypost.org psychology

Excessive time spent online linked to stress and worse mood – study

33 days ago theguardian.com psychology

Students are more likely to cheat under intense pressure or when they rationalize the behavior

33 days ago ovpaa.up.edu.ph psychology

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