Sentences with phrase «psychological research at»

Based off of his psychological research at Yale University, this theory seeks to define different elements of interpersonal relationships and to illustrate how these can combine to form the seven types of the thing we call love.

Markus conducted clinical and psychological research at UCLA.

Not exact matches

Now, research presented this month at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association underlines the connection between loneliness and a premature death.

«To the researchers» surprise they found there wasn't a statistically significant correlation between the ratings the participants received when they were aged 14 and the ratings they gave themselves at age 77, or the ratings they received at age 77 from a friend or relative,» reports the British Psychological Society Research Digest Blog.

That was the message of a talk by Dr. Miriam Tatzel at the American Psychological Association's 122nd annual convention, which was held recently in Washington, D.C. Presenting her research to the assembled psychologists, Tatzel stressed the importance of playing down consumerism as a route to fulfillment and boiled down the research on the subject into a handful of scientifically validated principles to follow for greater happiness.

A forthcoming paper in Psychological Science, from a research team led by Benjamin Baird and Jonathan Schooler of the University of California at Santa Barbara, demonstrates how daydreaming can be useful.

Special thanks to John Gunstad, professor with the Department of Psychological Sciences at Kent State University, for speaking with us about his cutting - edge research on how losing weight affects brain function.

PsyBlog sums up one study on the subject which entailed showing some research participants a video on the idea that stress can be enhancing: «This led to them reporting better performance at work and fewer psychological problems over the subsequent two weeks.

Though Leifer casts her net broadly, she focuses particularly on television and film, and she functions within the constraints of the psychological research, which itself deals largely with cause and effect questions and with carefully selected variables, one or two at a time.

Two concessions must of course be granted to the relativist: (1) different bodies of evidence will be available at different times (in the wake, for example, of archeological research or of document discoveries), and (2) different frameworks of interpretation of available evidence will come to light (in the course, for example, of medical or psychological research).

At the same time, religious education stressing movies, group discussions, and class lessons based on the latest psychological research reached its peak in the first half of the 1930's.

CSW's research said that the psychological impact of abuse children receive at school can not be overstated.

As her report put it: «The research suggests that, while there may be little return to trying to make students more gritty as a way of being (i.e., in ways that would carry over to all aspects of their lives at all times and across contexts), students can be influenced to demonstrate perseverant behaviors — such as persisting at academic tasks, seeing big projects through to completion, and buckling down when schoolwork gets hard — in response to certain classroom contexts and under particular psychological conditions.»

At the same time that she was ingesting all this psychological research about motivation, Farrington was also studying the related sociological literature, which was concerned with how institutional structures affect individual behavior and, specifically, how certain educational structures — like school funding mechanisms, teacher contracts, or patterns of segregation — might incline students toward success or failure.

Research recently presented at the American Psychological Association's annual meeting suggests that helping teens learn to count their blessings can play a significant role in positive mental health, says study author Giacomo Bono, a professor of psychology at California State University in Dominguez Hills.

Research regarding the details of what parenting behaviors contribute most to encouraging generosity is difficult because many complex psychological and social mechanisms at work in the parent / child relationship are not empirically observable.

This gives kids a sense of connection, of belonging and relatedness, and all of the psychological research suggests that those are incredibly powerful motivators to persevere at school.

Bullying has reached epidemic proportions and, according to at least forty years of psychological, psychiatric, sport, and neuroscientific research, is directly correlated with addiction, low self - esteem, depression, failure to reach potential, self - harm, athletes quitting sports, eating disorders, chronic illness and suicide.

She is research associate professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Lab in Durham, NH, and a fellow of the American Psychological Assoresearch associate professor of psychology at the University of New Hampshire's Family Research Lab in Durham, NH, and a fellow of the American Psychological AssoResearch Lab in Durham, NH, and a fellow of the American Psychological Association.

Fathers are cited more than mothers in issues such as psychological maladjustment, substance abuse, depression and behavioral problems, according to research done by Ronald Rohner, director of the Center for the Study of Parental Acceptance and Rejection in the School of Family Studies at the University of Connecticut, and his colleague Robert Veneziano.

Dr. Kendall - Tackett is a Research Associate at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Amarillo, Texas, and a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in both the Divisions of Health and Trauma Psychology, Associate Editor of the journal Psychological Trauma, and Editor - in - Chief of Clinical Lactation.

The research showed that babies sleep trained either using the gradual, Ferber method, or the straight CIO method were not at a higher risk of emotional, behavioral or psychological problems by age 6.

Mothers reported more symptoms of psychological distress24, 25 and low self - efficacy.26, 27 And, although mothers report more depressive symptoms at the time their infants are experiencing colic, 28,29 research on maternal depression 3 months after the remittance of infant colic is mixed.30, 31 The distress mothers of colic infants report may arise out of their difficulties in soothing their infants as well as within their everyday dyadic interactions.32 The few studies to date that have examined the long - term consequences of having a colicky child, however, indicate that there are no negative outcomes for parent behaviour and, importantly, for the parent - child relationship.

The strongest research methods for psychological studies are: qualitative findings versus quantitative; experimental rather than descriptive or correlational; controlled - experiment, meta - analysis, and observation designs over archival, case study, computational modeling, content analysis, field experiment, interview, neuroimaging, quasi experiment, self - report inventory, random sample survey, or twin study; and prospective (where subjects are recruited prior to the proposed independent effects being administered) and longitudinal (where subjects are studied at multiple time points) rather than retrospective or cross-section study.

At 9 a.m., Approximately 900 specialists from a variety of scientific, psychological, social service and educational communities will gather at The Egg, Center for the Performing Arts Hart Theatre to consider promising research on how, through understanding the emerging connections between trauma and the science of brain development, children can overcome the long - term consequences of extreme trauma and adversitAt 9 a.m., Approximately 900 specialists from a variety of scientific, psychological, social service and educational communities will gather at The Egg, Center for the Performing Arts Hart Theatre to consider promising research on how, through understanding the emerging connections between trauma and the science of brain development, children can overcome the long - term consequences of extreme trauma and adversitat The Egg, Center for the Performing Arts Hart Theatre to consider promising research on how, through understanding the emerging connections between trauma and the science of brain development, children can overcome the long - term consequences of extreme trauma and adversity.

«Religious and spiritual struggles — conflicts with God or religious people, tough questions about faith, morality, and the meaning of life — these are often taboo topics, and the temptation to push them away is strong,» said Julie Exline, professor of psychological sciences at Case Western Reserve and co-author of the research.

Olivia Carter, an associate professor of psychological sciences at the University of Melbourne, notes that new parents can benefit from remaining visible in their research community.

Research presented at the conference of the Association for Psychological Science found that today's college students are far less empathic than their counterparts 30 years ago.

This is the finding of research by Dr Michael Duncan and colleagues at Coventry University presented today, Thursday 8 May 2014, at the British Psychological Society annual conference at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.

The brains of people with epilepsy appear to react to music differently from the brains of those who do not have the disorder, a finding that could lead to new therapies to prevent seizures, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association's 123rd Annual Convention.

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In some sports, that percentage can be as high as 80 to 90 percent mental,» said Keith Kaufman, PhD, a Washington, DC - area sport psychology practitioner and research associate at The Catholic University of America presenting at the 125th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.

Speakers at more than 20 symposia will highlight new research on forensic psychological science, climate change communication, mathematics, pharmacology, physics, and more.

A moral story that praises a character's honesty is more effective at getting young children to tell the truth than a story that emphasizes the negative repercussions of lying, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.

This is one of the findings of research presented at the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference by Dr Almuth McDowall and colleagues from Birkbeck University of London, Lane4 and PayData.

Dr Stephen Simpson, director research and programmes at the charity Arthritis Research UK said: «We know that for some people with chronic low back pain psychological stress is a major factor, and therefore there is a significant challenge to find effective treresearch and programmes at the charity Arthritis Research UK said: «We know that for some people with chronic low back pain psychological stress is a major factor, and therefore there is a significant challenge to find effective treResearch UK said: «We know that for some people with chronic low back pain psychological stress is a major factor, and therefore there is a significant challenge to find effective treatments.

Allyson Mackey, a postdoc at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research, is the lead author of the paper, which appears the journal Psychological Science.

That is the key finding of research by Sayuri Naruse and Dr Mark Moss from Northumbria University that is being presented at the British Psychological Society's Annual Conference in Brighton.

Interventions designed to reduce alcohol use among fraternity members are no more effective than no intervention at all, according to an analysis of 25 years of research involving over 6,000 university students published by the American Psychological Association.

In addition to collecting scans of brain structure and function, the research teams at 21 study sites around the country will regularly gather a trove of other information from each youngster, from psychological, cognitive, and environmental data to biological specimens such as DNA.

Fear - based appeals appear to be effective at influencing attitudes and behaviors, especially among women, according to a comprehensive review of over 50 years of research on the topic, published by the American Psychological Association.

Religious belief may seem to be a unique psychological experience, but a growing body of research shows that thinking about religion is no different from thinking about secular things — at least from the standpoint of the brain.

The research, conducted at Cambridge University's Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and Columbia University, appears in the journal Social Psychological and Personality research, conducted at Cambridge University's Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and Columbia University, appears in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and Columbia University, appears in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.

LONDON — A seemingly trivial task — playing a particular video game — may lessen flashbacks and other psychological symptoms following a traumatic event, according to research presented here at the British Psychology Society Annual Conference.

Francesco Foroni, research scientist at the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste, already demonstrated this phenomenon a few years ago in a study published in Psychological Science (2009).

Despite the growing use of online support groups such as those on Facebook to help curb substance abuse, attending traditional face - to - face meetings may continue to be more effective for people trying to maintain sobriety, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association's 123rd Annual Convention.

Luz Garcini, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Psychology at Rice and the study's lead author, said that DREAMers in particular are at risk for psychological distress and diminished quality of life as a result of the many complex stressors they face.

These are the findings from research presented by Chartered Psychologist Christine D'Silva, from assessment consultancy Cubiks at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology in Nottingham.

At the forefront of this effort is Stanley Coren, a behaviorist from the University of British Columbia, who draws on decades of research to explore the psychological motivations behind dogs» everyday behaviors, as well as what science says about their barks, thoughts, and dreams.

The speakers will be presenting their research during the symposium «Finding Psychological Signal in a Billion Tweets: Measurement Through the Language of Social Media,» at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) 16th Annual Convention in Long Beach, California.