social-psychology

Kuykendall comments on the potential benefits of UK companies offering fertility benefits as part of their employee packages.

My girlfriends and I have more fun, more adventures, more independence than ever before. And as for the sex … I met my boyfriend when he was playing Bach in the park. I was taking my usual jog past London zoo and around the Regent’s Park boating lake when I was stopped in my tracks by the most beautiful music. Wafting across the rose garden was an exquisite guitar rendition of Bach’s prelude in E…

BackgroundA sense of belonging is widely recognized as a fundamental human need and a key factor in psychological adjustment, particularly during adolescence and emerging adulthood. With the rapid development of digital media, online interest-based communities, such as anime, comic, and game (ACG) communities, have become important social environments where young individuals engage in social inte…

Young people are growing up amid interacting crises, including climate disruption, war, economic insecurity, democratic strain, and rapid technological change. This condition, often described as polycrisis, may weaken future orientation, agency, and confidence in the link between effort and outcome. This Hypothesis and Theory paper argues that rising youth distress should be understood as a devel…

_Zenodo_. 2026Ordinary language treats love as a polysemous term denoting distinct affective states for partners, children, friends, and parents. This paper formalizes an alternative view: love is a single atomic component, and apparent differences between types of close relationships arise from the additional components composed with it. Using a discrete set-theoretic framework, the paper introd…

Tom Gilovich finds it fun to study the whys and wherefores of how human beings make sense of the information delivered by […] The post Tom Gilovich On the Spotlight Effect appeared first on Social Science Space .

IntroductionFamily intimacy—a core facet of family functioning—has been posited to protect college students from negative emotions, yet the mechanisms remain insufficiently specified. This study tested whether social support and psychological resilience independently and sequentially mediate the association between family intimacy and negative emotions.MethodsA cross-sectional survey was administ…

Social media is filled with posts about fitness and healthy eating aiming to inspire and encourage better lifestyles. However, out today, a new large review study led by an Olympic athlete reveals that this seemingly motivational content can sometimes have unexpected negative impacts on the health and wellbeing of young adults.

Technology-based learning is increasingly integrated into school environments, yet its role in students' moral and psychosocial development remains underexplored. This study investigates the relationship between technology-based learning and students' religious character in Islamic boarding schools, while examining the moderating roles of wellbeing, critical thinking skills, and social skills. A …

Palestinian refugees displaced to Egypt experience extremely high rates of psychological distress. Using an innovative statistical approach, researchers mapped the interconnected symptoms of trauma, revealing specific mental health targets that differ greatly between men and women.

Source: PsyPost New research provides evidence that voluntarily participating in frightening activities with others, such as visiting a haunted house, tends to make people feel more connected to one another. The findings, published in the journal Emotion, suggest that experiencing fear in a safe setting fosters a subjective sense of bonding, although the strengthening of relationships may depend …

Community can buffer loneliness and isolation by offering pathways to health through physical and social activities, gatherings, rituals, walking, talking, and civic engagement.

So, it's been 80,639 minutes or almost eight weeks since the two of you started dating. But there hasn't yet been any commitment to exclusivity. What do you then do?

Marital resilience during shared stressors remains insufficiently understood, particularly when both spouses are simultaneously affected by the same external stressor and must adapt together over time. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore marital resilience through the lived experiences and perceptions of spousal support during shared stressors among individuals w…

The behavioral health leaders at Organization X do not have a clear and practical way to engage family members in youth behavioral health programs. When caregivers are not actively involved in youth behavioral health treatment, youth may disengage from missed appointments and discontinue treatment prematurely. The present case study focused on Organization X, a small behavioral health organizatio…

Adolescent dating violence (ADV) is a significant public health issue that disproportionately affects youths in southern rural communities, yet these populations remain underrepresented in research. The purpose of this quantitative cross-sectional study was to examine the association between ADV and sociodemographic factors (gender, race, age, and education level), alcohol consumption, and bullyi…

Primary caregivers of teenage violent offenders play a vital role in identifying and addressing safety concerns, providing emotional and financial support, and meeting individual developmental and psychosocial needs. As more grandparents assume the role of primary caregiver, the need for targeted interventions to support their emotional and psychosocial health continues to grow, emphasizing the i…

PurposeThis study examined the association between social media social comparison orientation and physical self-efficacy among Chinese college students, and tested whether body shame and body appreciation mediated this association independently and sequentially.MethodsA cross-sectional online survey was conducted among 3,401 undergraduate students from 12 universities in Shandong Province, China.…

In the years following the COVID-19 pandemic, an ideal vision of family life would have shown that parents are continuing to share in caregiving responsibilities and spending quality time with their children -- dads, in particular. Many people hoped that the behavioral changes caused by lockdowns would persist, allowing dads more time and flexibility in the long term and ultimately reshaping how …

Sharing controversial conspiracy theories in a dating app bio might make a profile seem unique, but research shows it usually results in fewer matches and harsher judgments from potential romantic partners.