Psychology related news

Ataques de Nervios and Psychiatric Disorders in Older Puerto Rican Primary Care Patients

The present study aimed to examine the phenomenon of ataques de nervios (ataques) among a primary care sample of Puerto Ricans age 50 years and older living in the mainland United States.

Perceptions of Americans and the Iraq Invasion: Implications for Understanding National Character Stereotypes

This study examines perceptions of the "typical American" from 49 cultures around the world.

When Conventional Wisdom is Simply Wrong

All too often in psychological research, researchers look at a variable and then draw conclusions about that variable, assuming they’ve held all the other variables equal.

Minding Mindfulness

Thinking about mindfulness? Several good videos online produced by University of California San Diego’s UCTV in their consumer series Health Matters (requires the free Real Player) cover mindfulness, stress and pain management.

Children's Early Academic And Attention Skills Best Predict Later School Success, According To Analysis Of Large-Scale Studies

Children entering kindergarten with elementary math and reading skills are the most likely to do well in school later, even if they have various social and emotional problems, say researchers who examined data from six studies of close to 36,000 preschoolers.

UK Doctors Lack Confidence In Interactions With Ethnically Diverse Patients

Guidelines and training for doctors have tried to address the problems they face when dealing with patients who come from cultures and ethnic groups different to their own.

ADHD Drugs Ineffective Over The Long Term

Apart from being ineffective over the long term, ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) drugs may also undermine your child's physical growth, a BBC television program, Panorama, has revealed.

Good Riddance to the Blues

The Different Faces of Depression

Parsing the blues into subtypes.

Albert Bandura Quotes

Social learning theorist Albert Bandura is best known for his famous "Bobo doll" experiment and his theory of self-efficacy.