Archive for June, 2011

Veterans’ Suicide Try an Ominous Warning Sign

June 30th, 2011
Veterans Suicide Try an Ominous Warning SignA new study investigates the troubling fact that American veterans who repeatedly attempt suicide suffer significantly greater mortality rates than the general population. The transition back ...

Money Seems to Foil Making Friends

June 30th, 2011
Money Seems to Foil Making FriendsMoney plays a predominant role in American culture, and a new study tries to better understand how it affects our behavior, feelings and emotions. Drs. Jia Liu, Kathleen Vohs and Dirk ...

Maslow’s Pyramid of Human Needs Put to the Test

June 30th, 2011
Maslows Pyramid of Human Needs Put to the Test For more than 60 years, psychologist Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs has served as a model by which many judge life satisfaction. But ...

Life History Contributes to Future Stress Sensitivity, Depression

June 29th, 2011
Life History Contributes to Future Stress Sensitivity, Depression It is common knowledge that some people can roll with life’s punches better than others. A new study investigates if earlier life events can make ...

Study Details Three Kinds of Job Burnout

June 29th, 2011
Study Details Three Kinds of Job Burnout A new European study of risk factors associated with different types of burnout provides insight, and perhaps guidance, on how to avoid this career roadblock. The first ...

Love Me, Love My Cell Phone

June 29th, 2011
Love Me, Love My Cell PhoneA new study suggests some people can become emotionally attached to their cell phones, primarily because the device is a mobile entertainment source as well as a communication tool. That ...

Empathy Deficits Seen in Body’s Response to Angry Faces

June 29th, 2011
Empathy Deficits Seen in Body's Response to Angry FacesA link between a person's lack of emotional empathy after brain injury and his or her physiological response to anger has been documented by ...

Spirituality Enhances Recovery from Brain Injury

June 29th, 2011
Spirituality Enhances Recovery from Brain Injury A new study finds that a spiritual relationship helps victims of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitate from their injury. The study, by Brigid Waldron-Perrine, Ph.D., and Lisa ...

Cell Phone Can Improve Connection with Children

June 28th, 2011
Cell Phone Can Improve Connection with Children A new study suggests cell phone communication between a parent and their teenager can affect the quality of their relationship. Researchers believe the details of the ...

‘Internet Addiction’ on the Decline in College Students

June 28th, 2011
Internet Addiction on the Decline in College StudentsA new pilot study investigates the risk of "Internet addiction" among adolescents and young adults -- a population segment that has been shown to be ...
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