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A large Scottish study found screen time is not consistently tied to children's emotional or behavioral problems once family background and environment are taken into account, suggesting that guidelines strictly focused on time limits may have a limited impact.

27 days ago psypost.org psychology

A new study links sexually objectifying messages from family during upbringing to higher self-objectification in young women, which in turn is associated with greater difficulty refusing unwanted sex…

33 days ago psypost.org psychology

Financial and relationship worries predict bad dreams. Psychologists frame the relationship between daily life and sleep as the Continuity Hypothesis

35 days ago psypost.org psychology

A recent study found standard criminal risk factors, such as antisocial attitudes and peer networks, are significantly better predictors of a psychiatric patient's involvement in the legal system than their mental health symptoms alone.

36 days ago psypost.org psychology

Study Finds Viewing Crime Videos Increased Support for Harsher Criminal Justice Policies Among Liberal Participants, While Producing Little or No Change Among Conservatives, Suggesting Media Exposure Can Shift Policy Attitudes Asymmetrically Across Ideological Groups

31 days ago psypost.org media psychology video

A new study has found genetic signatures of assortative mating, where people pair up with partners who share similar traits, have grown significantly stronger among more recently born generations in the United States, particularly regarding educational attainment and smoking habits.

29 days ago psypost.org genetics

A new study finds that limiting added sugar exposure during the first 1,000 days of life (from conception to age two) is associated with a lower risk and delayed onset of dementia and Alzheimer's disease…

11 days ago psypost.org disease neuroscience

Screen time isn’t linked to language delays in autistic children, large U.S. study finds

49 days ago psypost.org autism health neuroscience

A new study in healthy mice reveals that the weight-loss drug semaglutide alters behavior and brain activity related to stress and reward, leading to a suppression of natural reward-seeking drives and faster…

37 days ago psypost.org brain medicine neuroscience

New psychology study finds everyday phrases targeted by "harmful language guides" (master branch, pipeline) don't cause measurable psychological harm for readers…

50 days ago psypost.org psychology