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What a Psychologist Recommends If You Feel Alone in Your Suffering
APS Member/Author: Angela Duckworth My husband lost his job, and I'm really worried about paying our bills. When my friends complain about having too many video calls, I feel like they don't understand what I'm going through. The current crisis is hitting everyone in different ways. Are you laid off or not? Are you caring for a sick family member, or is everyone under your roof healthy?
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What’s Your Emotional Style? How Your Responses Can Help Children Navigate This Crisis
Most families are going through the full gamut of emotions right now. Gratitude, worry, fear, love, compassion, frustration, restlessness and so on – a fragile kaleidoscope of emotions. A fluctuating pattern of colours that changes radically with the slightest nudge. How do we help children deal with the emotions of something that we can’t wrap our heads around ourselves? Research shows the resilience children have is influenced not only by the adversity itself but also by the emotional responses of the parents.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on visual perception of distances, bilingualism and cognitive advantages, the attraction to villains, and aggression and anger, and a special editorial on good laboratory practices.
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The Coronavirus and Post-Traumatic Growth
On March 6, 1987, a ferry traveling from England to Belgium capsized, causing the death of 193 people. In the months after the disaster, many of the approximately 300 survivors suffered symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, including upsetting dreams; anxiety; emotional detachment and numbness; and difficulties with sleep and concentration. However, in time, some of the survivors reported some surprising positive effects. Three years after the disaster, psychologist Stephen Joseph, then a Ph.D.
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We Don’t Just Need to Connect — We Need to Reconnect
APS Member/Author: Adam Grant As unemployment climbs to its highest rate in nearly a century, many people are searching for work. Our natural instinct is to go to our strong ties — the people we know well and see regularly. But classic evidence suggests we’re more likely to get a job through our weak ties. It’s not just because we have more acquaintances than friends and family. It’s because our strong ties tend to give us redundant information: They know many of the same things and the same people as we do. Weak ties open up access to new people and new leads. That knowledge doesn’t always help us, though.
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Will Coronavirus Change How We Define Heroes?
Covid-19 might be a villain with global ambitions but it’s certainly not without its nemeses. The notion of the hero has become a global motif. In the UK, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has spoken of the “heroic” frontline key workers. Radio ads for the energy networks trumpet support for our “healthcare heroes”. In Thailand, artists have launched an online campaign dubbed ‘Support Our Heroes’, while in the US the Democrats have proposed a premium pay scheme for essential workers called the ‘Heroes Fund’. It’s given fresh food for thought to Philip Zimbardo, professor emeritus at Stanford University in California.
