College students with loans more likely to report bad health and skip medicine and care, study finds

College students who postpone medical care to save money end up paying for it down the line in the form of worse health, a researcher contends.

Joan Maya Mazelis, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rutgers University • conversation
Aug. 4, 2023 ~5 min

How classic psychology warped our view of human nature as cruel and selfish - but new research is more hopeful

Modern psychologists are challenging classic studies that portrayed humanity as individualistic.

Steve Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University • conversation
July 19, 2023 ~7 min


Depression too often gets deemed 'hard to treat' when medication falls short

An overreliance on medication as the first-line treatment for depression can lead some people to be labeled with treatment-resistant depression when there are other viable alternatives for relief.

Jay Kayser, PhD Student in Social Work and Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan • conversation
March 15, 2023 ~12 min

Four habits of happy people – as recommended by a psychologist

The good news is that we can all improve our happiness levels with daily practice.

Lowri Dowthwaite-Walsh, Senior Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Feb. 21, 2023 ~7 min

Your style of social media use may be connected to your wellbeing

A new experimental task reveals distinct styles of engagement on social networking sites associated with different perceptions of social connectedness.

Daniel Shaw, Lecturer in Psychology, Aston University • conversation
Jan. 4, 2023 ~6 min

Global population hits 8 billion, but per-capita consumption is still the main problem

As living standards rise, we could see smaller populations but much bigger ecological impacts.

Robert Costanza, Professor of Ecological Economics, UCL • conversation
Nov. 15, 2022 ~7 min

Facing reality, however painful it may be

In his new book, “Life Is Hard,” MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya offers guidance for tackling the (many) problems we face.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 4, 2022 ~10 min

How parents' internet addiction can fuel their children's - and what to do about it

Parents and teenager have the best chance of cracking internet addiction when adults acknowledge they have a problem too.

Raian Ali, Visiting Professor, College of Science and Engineering, Bournemouth University • conversation
Sept. 13, 2022 ~6 min


Robots can be used to assess children’s mental wellbeing, study suggests

Robots can be better at detecting mental wellbeing issues in children than parent-reported or self-reported testing, a new study suggests.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Sept. 1, 2022 ~7 min

“Reductive” models of wellbeing education risk failing children unless improved, researchers warn

An improved vision for wellbeing education should replace the over-simplistic approaches currently employed in many schools, such as happiness lessons, which

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 21, 2022 ~8 min

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