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New research has found physical attractiveness as a teen is associated with better employment outcomes as an adult.

People will lie about their sexual behavior to match cultural expectations about how men or women should act – even though they wouldn’t distort other gender-related behaviors, new research suggests.

Young people are increasingly turning to prescription drugs to get high. Research out of the University of Cincinnati sheds new light on what could increase or lower that risk.

Belief in the sanctity of marriage is a strong predictor of marital quality, according to research published May 24 in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Low-doses of common antidepressant medication could provide a safe and fast-acting means of treating menstrual cycle-linked symptoms.

Women at a particular stage in their monthly menstrual cycle may be more vulnerable to some of the psychological side-effects associated with stressful experiences, according to a study from UCL.

Among intensive care unit patients receiving acute ventilatory support for respiratory failure, use of patient-preferred music resulted in greater reduction in anxiety and sedation frequency and intensity compared with usual care, according to a study published online by JAMA.

Turns out, that old practice makes perfect adage may be overblown.

New research published online May 15 has discovered that prenatal testosterone levels influence how adults react to infidelity.

Being physically above others can buffer against some of the negative psychological consequences of social exclusion, according to research published online May 16 in Social Psychological and Personality Science. "Our study investigated whether participants' spatial position has an influence on...

Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete?

Regular marijuana use is associated with favorable indices related to diabetic control, say investigators.

Men's upper-body strength predicts their political opinions on economic redistribution, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

Research published online May 14 in Social Psychological and Personality Science has uncovered that marijuana buffers people from experiencing social pain.

Some targeted messages based on political orientation are more effective at persuading consumers to recycle, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.