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Republican-aligned actors issued nearly three-quarters of fact-checked 2024 election hoaxes

Problematic pornography use is linked to craving, shame, depression, and loneliness, meta-analysis finds

Americans often fail to notice when Democrats and Republicans are moving in the same direction

Girls’ mental health problems tripled over 17 years, while more serious problems increasingly appeared together, Swedish study finds

A new study links sexually objectifying messages from family during upbringing to higher self-objectification in young women, which in turn is associated with greater difficulty refusing unwanted sex…

Lower cognitive ability is linked to stronger Christian nationalist views, even after accounting for education

New psychology research suggests some acts of kindness may also serve competitive social goals, shedding light on how women can use altruistic behavior to gain status, strengthen relationships…

A new study indicates that adults with depression or anxiety who experienced childhood trauma face significantly higher odds of recent suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts.

Certain parenting approaches, such as lower supervision and inconsistent discipline, are associated with a higher likelihood that children will show behavioral and emotional problems…

A study finds people don’t only compare their bodies to someone else’s, but are just as likely to compare their current bodies to their former selves, with harmful results

Financial and relationship worries predict bad dreams. Psychologists frame the relationship between daily life and sleep as the Continuity Hypothesis

The complicated nature of disentangling autism, ADHD and complex trauma | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core

A recent study found standard criminal risk factors, such as antisocial attitudes and peer networks, are significantly better predictors of a psychiatric patient's involvement in the legal system than their mental health symptoms alone.

Hidden AI Use on the Job. Psychological Configurations and Explainable Machine Learning Evidence from Marketing Work

New psychology study finds everyday phrases targeted by "harmful language guides" (master branch, pipeline) don't cause measurable psychological harm for readers…

New study suggests nearly one in three Ukrainian civilians has PTSD or CPTSD

Taboo words—including profanity, insults, slurs, and sexual terms—can interfere with language processing (the “taboo Stroop effect”)

The neuroscience of pity: how attractiveness and morality shape empathy

Desk setups that encourage an expansive posture may boost risk-taking

People make assumptions about men based on their faces: wider faces are seen as stronger child protectors, while narrower faces are viewed as more nurturing and committed partners

A new study found that psychiatrists agree on a diagnosis in only 55% of cases, raising concerns about misdiagnosis and treatment errors

Fathers of daughters showed greater motivation toward maintaining their romantic relationships with their daughters’ mothers

A recent study suggests that people in the general population who possess higher levels of autistic-like traits tend to avoid positive, affectionate behaviors to maintain their romantic relationships.

Exposure to sugar in the first 1,000 days of a child's life increases the risk of developing anxiety in adulthood

Fear of the unknown is linked to lower life satisfaction and heightened death anxiety

How adults feel about their ADHD depends heavily on their specific symptoms

Members of right‑leaning parties prefer leaders with dark triad personality

A recent study published in Imaging Neuroscience indicates that engaging in a very slow jog for just ten minutes can improve a person’s mood and enhance their ability to focus.

Relying on university students skews global psychological research

Chronic shame may fuel destructive thought patterns in survivors of abuse

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