PsyPost received approximately 42.7 million pageviews in 2021. The top ten stories of the year are listed below:
edit post
Relationships and Sexual Health
Physical touch from a romantic partner is linked to improved well-being, even among those with attachment avoidance
Avoidantly attached individuals tend to shun intimacy and are reluctant to form close personal relationships with others. But new research…
edit post
Anxiety
Eye-tracking study suggests that people with social anxiety not only avoid looking at strangers but also their surroundings
A new study published in the journalย PLOS Oneย suggests that social anxiety is characterized by increased avoidance, rather than hypervigilance, during…
edit post
Relationships and Sexual Health
Women who think their parents will invest more money in their future children are more likely to prefer men with masculine faces
A womanโs preference for facial masculinity in a man is influenced by the degree of investment she expects from her…
edit post
Social Psychology
New study provides insight into how people with dark personality traits think about happiness
Machiavellian and psychopathic personality traits are associated with the endorsement of conceptions of happiness that undermine well-being, according to new…
edit post
Social Psychology
Deep machine learning study finds that body shape is associated with income
A new study published in PLOS One has found a relationship between a person’s body shape and their family income….
edit post
Mental Health
Women who feel worse about their looks tend to think their partners are less attracted to them, and in turn, have less satisfying relationships
A study published in the journalย Personality and Social Psychology Bulletinย found evidence that people with low body image have less satisfying…
edit post
Social Psychology
Study pinpoints three markers of masculinity that are associated with the likelihood of lying
A study published in Frontiers in Psychology has identified three masculine physical traits that are associated with the likelihood of…
edit post
Social Psychology
New psychology research reveals menโs motives for sending unsolicited dick pics
Men who send unsolicited images of their private parts primarily do so with the hopes of receiving either similar images…
edit post
Mental Health
Study finds listening to music before bed can worsen your sleep by inducing long-lasting earworms
“Our findings kept pointing to the same conclusion: the more you listen to music, the more likely you are to…
edit post
Social Psychology
Psychopathic tendencies appear to disrupt the link between authenticity and relationship well-being
According to a study published in Personality and Individual Differences, staying true to yourself in a relationship leads to the…