New research from the UK has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets.
Read More »
Published News
Unrealistic goals and standards make teachers stressed, UK study finds
Posted by admin 3 hours ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)The class of 77%
Posted by admin 23 hours ago (http://mindhacks.com)
A study just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry has found that only 23% of the population are without symptoms of personality disorder. If you’re not familiar with it, personality disorder is a somewhat controversial diagnosis which essentially classifies people who we might otherwise called ‘extremely difficult’ – but to the point where they [...]
Read More »
Insight offered into superstitious behavior
Posted by admin 56 minutes ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
People who believe that fate and chance control their lives are more likely to be superstitious -- but when faced with death they are likely to abandon superstition altogether, according to new research.
Read More »
Self-Righteousness and Kink: Perfect Together?
Posted by admin 23 hours ago (http://bigthink.com)
Props to my colleague Lindsay Beyerstein for this great catch yesterday: Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle's campaign received a donation from someone who listed her employer as "husband" and her occupation as "slave." Maybe it's just a joke (boring). Or maybe this couple is in one of those Christian "submitted wife" relationships (unlikely, given that "slave" isn't the sort of rhetoric that cult
Read More »
by Michael D. Anestis, M.S. I am not particularly well-versed in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). I've read outcome studies, seen Steve Hayes give a demonstration of cognitive diffusion at the Association for Behavior and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) conference, written...
Read More »
Medicare Smoking Prevention Program Could Lower Costs
Posted by admin 5 hours ago (http://mnt.to)
The Fiscal Times: A Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America's health system, lower costs. "Smoking costs the U.S. economy $97 billion annually in lost productivity, in addition to the $96 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to [the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services]...
Read More »
Low grades in adolescence linked to dopamine genes, says biosocial criminologist
Posted by admin 1 hour 56 minutes ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
The academic performance of adolescents will suffer in at least one of four key subjects -- English, math, science, history -- if their DNA contains one or more of three specific dopamine gene variations, according to a biosocial criminologist.
Read More »
Text Messages Reveal The Emotional Timeline Of September 11, 2001
Posted by admin 3 hours ago (http://mnt.to)
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 have been called the defining moment of our time. Thousands of people died and the attacks had huge individual and collective consequences, including two wars. But less is known about the immediate emotional reactions to the attacks...
Read More »
Sort News
Psydir News is a website created by professionals and people interested in psychology