Sentences with phrase «psychological research presented»

The pursuit of true happiness can lead people to lifestyles that will not only be satisfying but will be better for the environment, according to an overview of psychological research presented at the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention.

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.

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.

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.

Tough presents striking research from neuroendocrinology and other fields revealing that childhood psychological traumas — from physical and sexual abuse to physical and emotional neglect, divorce, parental incarceration, and addiction, things found more often (though by no means exclusively) in impoverished families — overwhelm developing bodies» and minds» ability to manage the stress of events, resulting in «all kinds of serious and long - lasting negative effects, physical, psychological, and neurological.»

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.

That is the conclusion of research being presented today, Thursday 8 January 2015, by Dr Simon Gibbs from Newcastle University to the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Education and Child Psychology.

A new study carried out by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Institute of Global Health of Barcelona (ISGlobal), a centre supported by «la Caixa» Foundation, associates for the first time mild obsessive - compulsive symptoms, which are present in a much higher percentage of cases than those that require specialized medical and psychological attention, to characteristics and specific alterations of the cerebral anatomy.

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.

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.

Lindy Morrison will present her research to the annual conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Counselling Psychology in Brighton today, Saturday 9 July 2016.

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.

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.

That is the paradoxical conclusion of research being presented today, Thursday 1 September 2016, by Dr Ciara Greene from University College Dublin to the annual conference of the British Psychological Society's Cognitive Psychology Section in Barcelona.

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.

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.

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.

Led by Alexandra Corning, research associate professor of psychology and director of Notre Dame's Body Image and Eating Disorder Lab, the study was presented recently at the Midwestern Psychological Association annual conference.

These is one of the findings of a study carried out by undergraduate student Amy Spray and Dr G Meyer from the Department of Psychological Sciences at the University of Liverpool as part of a School of Psychology Summer Internship Scheme.They will present their research to the British Psychological Society annual conference today, Thursday 8 May 2014, hosted by the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.

«Touch is important in terms of our physical health and our psychological well - being,» said Susannah Walker, who presented the research November 17 at the...

That is the conclusion of research being presented at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Sport and Exercise Psychology in Cardiff by Dr David Marchant from Edge Hill University, Lancashire.

Psychological research has presented the idea that hallucinations may result from biases in what are known as metacognitive abilities.

That is the conclusion of research being presented today, January 2014, to the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology in Brighton.

That is the conclusion of research being presented to the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology in Brighton.

Presented in part at the Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting, Baltimore, April 28 — May 1, 2001; at the 109th Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 24 — 28, 2001; and at the 21st Annual Meeting of the Behavioral Toxicology Society, Research Triangle Park, N.C., April 20 — 22, 2002.

Learning to play a musical instrument or to sing can help disadvantaged children strengthen their reading and language skills, according to research presented at the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention.

Biochemists from the University of Northumbria in the UK suggest that the herb's essential oil could boost brainpower, according to research they presented at the British Psychological Society's annual conference in 2013.

Research conducted by the Liverpool John Moores University and presented to the British Psychological Society found that people who fluctuate between eating high and low calorie meals on a day - to - day basis are more likely to feel dissatisfied with their body image.

And according to a new review of research presented this week the American Psychological Association annual convention, doctors are one of the biggest offenders when it comes to making people feel ashamed of the number on the scale.

The research, conducted by Dr Martin Graff of the University of South Wales, was presented at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in Nottingham.

«Tinder users reported having lower levels of satisfaction with their faces and bodies and having lower levels of self - worth than the men and women who did not use Tinder,» said Jessica Strübel, PhD, who presented the research at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.

The research is to be presented Friday at the British Psychological Society annual meeting in London.

«In 42 engaging, bite - size chapters, Marshall presents the psychological research demonstrating why climate change simply doesn't feel dangerous enough to justify action and how we can trick our brains into changing our sense of urgency about the problem.

The present authors have all been subject to such attacks, whose similarity is notable because the authors» research spans a broad range of topics and disciplines: The first author has investigated the psychological variables underlying the acceptance or rejection of scientific findings; the second author is a paleoclimatologist who has shown that current global temperatures are likely unprecedented during the last 1,000 years or more; the third and fourth authors are public - health researchers who have investigated the attitudes of teenagers and young adults towards smoking and evaluated a range of tobacco control interventions; and the fifth author has established that human memory is not only fallible but subject to very large and systematic distortions.

Analyzed data and presented findings to students and staff on a poster at a psychological research fair at CSU San Marcos.

About Blog This blog presents social psychological research on intergroup relations, identity and immigrant integration carried out in the discipline of Social Psychology, University of Helsinki.

It is presented by Dr. Christian Jarrett, a cognitive neuroscientist, editor of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, and author of the upcoming book, PERSONOLOGY, Using the Science of Personality Change to Your Advantage.

Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate autonomy).

This is an introductory summary of a full paper which presents a critical review of the research literature on the relation between attachment to parents during adolescence and psychological and social adjustment.

Trauma Exposure, Mental Health, and Service Utilization Rates Among Immigrant and United States - Born Hispanic Youth: Results From the Hispanic Family Study Bridges, de Arellano, Rheingold, Danielson, & Silcott (2010) Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 2 (1) View Abstract Presents findings from a study indicating that Hispanic adult immigrants had fewer instances of traumatic experiences and mental illness than Hispanics born in the United States.

Implications of the present research suggest that strategies to increase psychological flexibility may help individuals cope with everyday experiences of ostracism.

Psychological characteristics include low IQ, impulsivity, hyperactivity, lack of empathy, and fearlessness.12, 13 Parental risks include low levels of education, antisocial behavior, poor parenting skills, maternal early onset of childbearing, and family discord.14 — 20 There is evidence of an intergenerational transmission of these problems through both genetic and environmental channels.18, 19,21 — 24 Developmental research also shows that the spontaneous onset of physical aggression in school - aged children is highly unusual.1, 7,25 Instead, the developmental precursors of chronic physical aggression are present before school entry.

More research is necessary to understand differing patterns of associations among psychological control, firm control, and well - being, but the present study provides further evidence of the need to consider the child's age when evaluating parenting practices.

Our yet - to - be-published research, presented at the recent Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer conference, showed young people whose parents have cancer report levels of psychological distress three to six times higher than others their age.

«We tend to associate chronological age with being near the end of the lifespan and close to death,» says Professor Bob Knight from the School of Psychology and Counselling at the University of Southern Queensland who will present his research at the 2016 Australian Psychological Society Congress in Melbourne from 13 - 16 September.

To summarize, the present research addresses a number of questions about the specificity of direct and indirect aggression and victimization in their associations with various forms of psychological difficulties.

Research has shown weight - related teasing during adolescence to be associated with disordered eating [46] and poor psychological well - being [47] and, as found in the present study, predictive of overweight risk.

Psychological difficulties may also take many different forms, and the present research focuses on two broad categories of such difficulties: internalizing problems (emotional symptoms) and externalizing problems (conduct problems).