Public attitudes toward mental health and people with mental health problems are getting worse, according to new research.

A couple of weeks ago, while talking with our social psychology students, I was reminded of a recent research trip to Ethiopia. We were talking in class about the influence of culture on social ...

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead to an understanding of ourselves.” —Carl Jung We all have qualities, behaviors, habits, or tendencies we don’t like. We try not to think about them.

Negative reinforcement encourages specific behaviors by removing or avoiding negative consequences or stimuli. It is different than punishment, which aims to discourage a specific behavior. Negative ...

I once sat in next to a well-dressed man who was clearly having a bad day. Endless phone calls had him almost yelling at the person on the other end of the line. I started feeling uncomfortable but I ...

Education about gene-by-environment interaction (G X E) causes of eating behaviors can have beneficial downstream effects on attitudes toward people with higher weight. A recent study found that ...

The October 9 initiative launched in 2022 by the American Society on Aging (ASA), a national membership organization.

Randomized Controlled Trial of Impact of Mobile Health Technologies on Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Uptake in Mothers of Vaccine-Eligible Girls in Lagos, Nigeria (mHealth-HPVac) Despite limited ...