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Amid cost-of-living worries and concern for the nation’s future, stress is reshaping Americans’ lives
Candice Hargons, PhD, elected as 2028 APA president
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APA hosts conversation on deep poverty
Cross-disciplinary panel discusses causes, impact and potential solutions for this complex problem.
Panel discusses nation’s decline in civil discourse
APA and the National Institute for Civil Discourse co-hosted a talk on the decline in civility and mutual respect in the public discourse.
Diagnostic dilemma: Cognitive scores vary as much within test takers as between age groups, making one-session testing less valid
How precise are tests used to diagnose learning disability, progressive brain disease or impairment from head injury?
Zero tolerance policies are not as effective as thought
Research finds that mandatory discipline can actually increase violence, bad behavior and dropout rates in middle and secondary students.
American Psychological Association announces plans for next phase of tsunami relief efforts
This phase focuses on helping the affected countries build and/or strengthen their own mental health and disaster relief infrastructure.
Researchers discuss new tools and debate new methods for studying genetic differences
Researchers warn of inaccuracies when using race as a proxy for biological factors and call for more exacting measures in a special issue of the American Psychologist.
Marital satisfaction affected by both spouse's mental health, says new study
Each spouse's level of anxiety and depression predicted not only their own marital satisfaction but their spouse's as well.
Negative interactions in marriage can lead to more health problems in older couples
The occurrence of negative spousal behaviors, such as the spouse making excessive demands, being too critical or argumentative, being unreliable or continually agitating one's partner was associated with poorer physical health for the respondent.
Being bilingual protects against some age-related cognitive changes, says new research
Being fluent in two languages seems to prevent some of the cognitive decline seen in same-age monolingual speaking persons.
Less parental support is associated with adult depression and chronic health problems
Adults' current mental and physical health is influenced by earlier life psychosocial conditions dating back to childhood, including parental support.
Steven J. Breckler to join American Psychological Association as Executive Director for Science
Breckler, a social psychologist by training, has over 20 years experience as a psychology professor and science administrator including directing the NSF social psychology and Science of Learning Centers programs.
Caregivers of family members with dementia experience more health problems than noncaregivers, according to first time review of the research
Higher level of stress hormones and lower antibody production increase caregiver risk for diabetes, hypertension and influenza.
Personality is not set by 30; it can change throughout life, say researchers
Conscientiousness increased throughout the age range, agreeableness increased the most during a person's 30s, neuroticism declined with age for women but did not decline for men, openness showed small declines with age for both men and women and extraversion declined for women but did not show changes in men.
American Psychological Association's 110th Annual Convention to be held in Chicago August 22-25, 2002
Coping with the antecedents and aftermath of 9/11, psychology of terrorism and cults and getting and staying healthy to be major themes.
