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That’s the why
The Irish Times: Why is loneliness bad for your health? LONELINESS HAS been linked with increased risk of health problems such as high blood pressure, heart disease in women and depression. It’s a complex area but research in the US looked at one possible aspect of why that might be: the effects of loneliness – perceived social isolation – on sleep. The study, which was published last year in the journal Sleep, involved 95 adults from the Hutterite community in South Dakota. ... The results echo a 2002 study in Psychological Science of college students, where again loneliness was linked with poorer sleep.
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Cursing kids: Are parents to blame?
The Sunday Telegraph: SONGS, the internet and television are full of it, but it seems it's mum and dad who make the rules on swearing. Kids are swearing earlier and more prolifically than ever before - and it is more to do with mimicking their parents than being influenced by the media. True, an increasing level of swearing is everywhere now - on the radio in the songs our kids sing along to and on the TV shows being aired at "family-friendly" times - but an ongoing US study is pointing the finger of blame at mums and dads. Early results have found that swearing starts as early as the age of two and has set in between three and four.
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Feeling Depressed? This May Be the Thing You Need to Feel Happier (Hint: It’s Not Money)
Glamour: If someone handed you a big pile of cash right this second, would you be happy? OK, I admit, I would hardly be weeping into my breakfast if this happened to me--but bear with my entirely-hypothetical example for a second, because a new study is showing that money doesn't actually seem to make people happier at all. But this does... It's respect (Aretha had it right all along!). According to a study in the journal Psychological Science, being respected and admired by your peers and colleagues will give you a greater feeling of happiness than having wealth or a higher socioeconomic status.
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Rest is a key part of life
United Press International: The lost art of introspection -- even daydreaming -- may be an increasingly valuable but elusive part of life, U.S. researchers said.
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Investing in Karma by Doing Good Deeds
For so many important outcomes in life – applying for jobs, waiting for medical test results – there comes a point when you just have to sit back and hope for the best. But that doesn’t mean we always behave that way. New research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that even when an outcome is out of our control we often act as though we can still get on the good side of fate by doing good deeds.
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Why Women Say ‘I’m Sorry’ More Than Men
Business Insider: Women are more easily offended than men. In turn, they perceive more of their own behavior as improper, requiring an apology: Despite wide acceptance of the stereotype that women apologize more readily than men, there is little systematic evidence to support this stereotype or its supposed bases (e.g., men’s fragile egos). We designed two studies to examine whether gender differences in apology behavior exist and, if so, why. In Study 1, participants reported in daily diaries all offenses they committed or experienced and whether an apology had been offered. Women reported offering more apologies than men, but they also reported committing more offenses.
