Individuals with secure emotional attachment are more likely to forgive and to be forgiven, study finds
An new study of German couples has found that individuals with secure emotional attachment are more likely to forgive offences...
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Women whose male partners use porn more often tend to be less satisfied with emotional and sexual aspects of their relationship
A new study provides evidence that women whose male partners use pornography more often tend to be more distressed about...
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Heightened anxiety makes people more prone to share claims on social media
A new experimental study found that heightened anxiety makes people more prone to believe in various claims they are exposed...
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Obesity might adversely affect social and emotional development of children, study finds
A study in Chile reported that heavier-weight children tend to have lower social and emotional skills. The finding was supported...
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People are less satisfied with their marriage when their partner is not interested in social interactions, study finds
A year-long study of newlywed couples showed that individuals with more pronounced social anhedonia (disinterest in social interactions and poor...
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Brain activity during depressive rumination changes after mindfulness training
A neuroimaging study in Denmark showed that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy let to a decreased connectivity between the brain's salience network...
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New research uncovers the effects of facial scars on first impressions of attractiveness, confidence and friendliness
A new study indicates that having a single well-healed facial scar does not tend to have a negative impact on...
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Owners of sex dolls are less prone to sexual aggression, but also have lower sexual self-esteem
An online survey of owners of sex dolls in multiple world countries showed that they were less prone to sexual...
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People with dark personality traits are better at finding novel ways to cause damage or harm others
A study on Chinese colleges students revealed that people with more pronounced dark personality traits tend to have more malevolent...
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Higher anxiety is associated with worse cognitive functioning and dementia in older adults, study finds
A large-scale study in the Netherlands found that older adults with poorer cognitive functioning tend to display symptoms of anxiety...
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Women carry babies for lower energetic cost than men, study finds
A new study examining how much energy males and females spend carrying babies in different positions reported that women expend...
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Women tend to perceive other women as more competitive in environments where resources are abundant, study finds
A series of four studies on undergraduate students indicates that women perceive other women as more competitive than men in...
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MDMA appears to confer resilience in a rodent model of chronic social defeat stress
A new experiment in Japan showed that when mice are exposed to a chronic social defeat stress condition, they develop...
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Higher protein consumption is associated with lower levels of depressive symptoms, study finds
A study in Switzerland found that adolescent athletes who consumed more protein in their diets had lower levels of depressive...
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Parents prone to black-and-white thinking are less likely to vaccinate their children against COVID-19
A study of parents of children aged 5-11 in Italy showed that black-and-white thinking was associated with the tendency to...
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