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Children with an older brother have poorer language skills than those with a big sister
The role of birth order in shaping who we are has been a matter of some debate in psychology. Recent research has cast doubt on the idea that an individual's position in relation to their siblings influences their personality, for instance. But there may be other domains where birth order is still important: in particular, researchers have found that children with a greater number of older siblings seem to have worse verbal skills. However, a new study published in Psychological Science has found that the situation is a bit more complicated than that.
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‘Great Recession’ linked to long-term mental health issues: study
Millions of Americans are still recovering from the “Great Recession” of 2008. But it’s not just their finances that took a hit. Those who suffered financial hardships due to the ruinous economic downturn are also more likely to be depressed, anxious and use drugs now, according to new research published in Clinical Psychological Science. “Individuals who experienced even a single recession impact still had higher odds of nearly all of the adverse mental health outcomes we examined — including clinically significant symptoms of depression, generalized anxiety, panic and problems with drug use,” said lead researcher Miriam Forbes of Macquarie University in Sydney.
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Biennial International Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science
The 2nd Biennial International Seminar on the Teaching of Psychological Science (BISTOPS) will take place on 13 - 17 July, 2020 in Paris at Maison Suger, at the Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme - Maison Suger’s residential and working facility located at 16-18 rue Suger, in the Latin quarter. The seminar will accommodate about 20 participants who have experience in conducting and publishing research on teaching psychology and in successful grant-writing, as well as those who are developing ideas for such research, or have a strong interest in doing so.
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Misperceptions About Racial Wealth Gap Examined in New Report
Yale University researchers explore the psychological processes that explain why the vast majority of Americans underestimate the magnitude of economic inequality between Whites and racial minorities.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring mechanisms underlying attention-bias modification, effects of recall and memory disjointedness on trauma symptoms, and eating disorder pathology among those with food insecurity.
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Newest iPhones Draw Attention to Research on Fear of Holes
The camera features on the newly unveiled iPhone models have drawn attention to a phobia that two psychological scientists have studied in depth.
