Psychology

Psychology (washingtontimes.com):
Study finds video games lead to decreased academic interest in boys
Psychology (news.umich.edu):
U-Michigan study finds most Americans prioritized preventing child abuse, domestic violence, and deaths linked to economic hardship over preventing additional COVID-19 deaths during lockdowns; researchers say these preferences highlight the need to balance disease prevention with other societal harm
Psychology (psypost.org):
Brief message promoting actively open-minded thinking can serve as a cognitive vaccine, reducing susceptibility to fake news and becoming less likely to share misinformation online. This thinking style involves being willing to reconsider your views, avoid overconfidence, and weigh evidence fairly.
Psychology (utu.fi):
Spending time in nature helps people to identify what is meaningful in their lives, shows a new Finnish study. For young people, nature provided an important place for solitude, whereas older adults felt that it was important to strengthen intergenerational connections by spending time in nature.
Psychology (psypost.org):
Children raised in poverty are less likely to believe in a just world. Belief in a just world refers to the psychological tendency to think that people generally get what they deserve and deserve what they get.
Psychology (tandfonline.com):
Perceived stigma is an important predictor of addiction treatment completion; more perceived stigma = higher likelihood of treatment discontinuation
Psychology (warwick.ac.uk):
Analysis of data from over 10,000 teenagers has found that sleep problems at age 14 are associated with self-harm behaviour at that age and future self-harm at age 17. Sleep problems contributed to risk, even when accounting for other factors such as previous instances of self-harm, self-esteem
Psychology (unsw.edu.au):
90% of Australian teachers experience severe levels of stress and 70% describe their workload as largely or completely unmanageable
Psychology (psypost.org):
Study finds Trump and Harris used distinct rhetoric in 2024—but shared more similarities than expected
Psychology (psypost.org):
Highly attractive fitness influencers, or “fitfluencers,” tended to receive less engagement from audiences than their moderately attractive counterparts. The reason appears to center on relatability. The authors refer to this as the “beauty backfire effect.”