Motivated reasoning and publication bias can distort the evidence base in psychology. Do widely accepted findings always reflect what the data actually show?
Motivated reasoning and publication bias can distort the evidence base in psychology. Do widely accepted findings always reflect what the data actually show?
Love is best understood not through reasons that justify it, but through the story of how shared experiences, memories, and mutual investment form a loving relationship.
Love is best understood not through reasons that justify it, but through the story of how shared experiences, memories, and mutual investment form a loving relationship.
There is beauty in forgiving others. This beauty can be obscured when forgiveness is limited to decisions or feelings. Forgiving can protect others, offering mercy and even love.
There is beauty in forgiving others. This beauty can be obscured when forgiveness is limited to decisions or feelings. Forgiving can protect others, offering mercy and even love.
Technology makes some things easier, but it can also undermine our growth. If you want to stay sharp, retain your knowledge, and hone your creativity, challenge yourself.
Technology makes some things easier, but it can also undermine our growth. If you want to stay sharp, retain your knowledge, and hone your creativity, challenge yourself.
Learning about the characteristics of an abusive person can help those with this tendency to become more self-aware, one of the first steps toward change.
Learning about the characteristics of an abusive person can help those with this tendency to become more self-aware, one of the first steps toward change.
You can't always resolve a disagreement, but you can decide how you listen through it. Here's why that choice protects well-being and keeps people open
You can't always resolve a disagreement, but you can decide how you listen through it. Here's why that choice protects well-being and keeps people open
Perinatal mental health concerns, especially depression, can be hard to recognize, and services are lacking. Learn risk factors and symptoms to assist women in getting help.
Perinatal mental health concerns, especially depression, can be hard to recognize, and services are lacking. Learn risk factors and symptoms to assist women in getting help.
A Personal Perspective: I was originally told that I could never work due to my schizophrenia, but the doctors were wrong, and I have been gainfully employed for over a decade.
A Personal Perspective: I was originally told that I could never work due to my schizophrenia, but the doctors were wrong, and I have been gainfully employed for over a decade.
Personal Perspective: If you’re a mother watching a daughter navigate the beautiful chaos of her twenties or thirties, take heart. The woman she is becoming is already there.
Personal Perspective: If you’re a mother watching a daughter navigate the beautiful chaos of her twenties or thirties, take heart. The woman she is becoming is already there.
We often assume couples need to be alike to be happy, but research shows that actual similarity isn’t what matters most. What really predicts satisfaction?
We often assume couples need to be alike to be happy, but research shows that actual similarity isn’t what matters most. What really predicts satisfaction?
Clooney was never truly mine; he was gift on loan from the universe. He was never mine to keep permanently. That would be against the natural order of things. We are most miserable when we try to circumvent life’s processes and rhythms.
Clooney was never truly mine; he was gift on loan from the universe. He was never mine to keep permanently. That would be against the natural order of things. We are most miserable when we try to circumvent life’s processes and rhythms.
Even after successful surgery, mental health symptoms may persist. Research on medical trauma offers insight into the often-overlooked psychological side of recovery.
Even after successful surgery, mental health symptoms may persist. Research on medical trauma offers insight into the often-overlooked psychological side of recovery.
We all have the right and the power to decide what we want our lives and relationships to look like, but we need more information in order to make those choices knowingly.
We all have the right and the power to decide what we want our lives and relationships to look like, but we need more information in order to make those choices knowingly.
Spotlighting men's mental health is a good start, but there is much more we can do to ensure that men's mental health remains a topic that is taken seriously.
Spotlighting men's mental health is a good start, but there is much more we can do to ensure that men's mental health remains a topic that is taken seriously.
The belief that changes your life may not begin with you. Discover the surprising psychology behind borrowed hope and how to cultivate more of it every day.
The belief that changes your life may not begin with you. Discover the surprising psychology behind borrowed hope and how to cultivate more of it every day.
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is now a recognized diagnosis in ICD-11, but what does that mean for treatment, and what options actually help those affected?
Compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) is now a recognized diagnosis in ICD-11, but what does that mean for treatment, and what options actually help those affected?
Self Tests are all about you. Are you outgoing or introverted? Are you a narcissist? Does perfectionism hold you back? Find out the answers to these questions and more with Psychology Today.
