How a Bully Is Made The short- and long-term harm done to bullying victims has received much attention lately. The complex web of factors which go into ...
Tiger Mother: Son of a Bitch It is hard to summarize and review Tiger Mother: Son of a Bitch without an undercurrent of disgust, even when trying to temper it with pity. Derrick Lin’s self-published work, written in “a matter of ...
The Way of the Comedian This article has been excerpted from Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve by Nichole Force, M.A.
According to a tale in the ...
What Makes Us Happy? If I were to ask you what makes you happy, you would probably have no problem providing me with at least a ...
How and Why Humor Differs Between the Sexes This article has been excerpted from the book Humor’s Hidden Power: Weapon, Shield and Psychological Salve, by Nichole Force, M.A. ...
The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future Disclosure: I really wanted to hate the new book, The Solution: Conquer Your Fear, Control Your Future by motivational speaker and bestselling author Lucinda Bassett because it sounded a tad too simplistic, Tony Robbins-ish ...
Gay, Straight, and the Reason Why: The Science of Sexual Orientation Neuroscientist Simon LeVay made headlines with his pioneering work comparing the brain structures of gay and straight men. His 1991 article in Science led the way for numerous studies of sexual orientation as it relates ...
The Gifts of Imperfection At a recent talk at TEDxHouston, Brené Brown, author of The Gifts of Imperfection, described herself as a researcher storyteller. This couldn’t be more accurate. It’s this mix of science and story that make ...
Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI-III) Based on Theodore Millon, Ph.D., D.Sc.’s Evolutionary Theory of personality and psychopathology, the brief Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) instrument provides a measure of 24 personality disorders and clinical syndromes for adults undergoing psychological or ...
The Roots of Loneliness “I hardly have any friends. I’m spending my days in my room and on the computer. I know ...
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) is a psychological test that assesses personality traits and psychopathology. It is primarily intended to test people who are ...
I Hate You, Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality While the public is familiar with more mainstream psychological diagnoses such as depression or schizophrenia, the only knowledge most individuals have of borderline personality disorder (BPD) results from having watched Winona Ryder in the Oscar-nominated ...
Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder Valerie Porr, M.A. understands intimately the ramifications of a family member suffering from borderline personality disorder (BPD). It was this experience and curiosity that led her to attend a lecture by Marsha Linehan, PhD, creator ...
Childhood Bad Behavior Linked to Adult Chronic Pain Researchers have found a significant link between childhood behavioral problems and chronic pain in adulthood. Dr. Dong Pang of Aberdeen University, ...
Being Good vs. Being Codependent Is the way that you are ‘being good’ to your loved ones actually caring and good?
Or are you involved in codependent ...
Why Intelligent People Do Foolish Things Society is replete with examples of intelligent people doing foolish things. This seems puzzling considering that intelligent people (as indicated by intelligence tests ...
