Explore how scientific research by psychologists can inform our professional lives, family and community relationships, emotional wellness, and more.
Work in America™ 2026
Workers weather stress, uncertainty, and AI with psychological capital
Children’s and adolescents’ learning with educational technology
Research-based recommendations to protect and support students’ learning, development, and well-being
APA Publishing products and resources that support research, education, practice and general wellbeing.
Tools for psychologists to do their jobs every day.
Perspectives on aging: Psychology across the lifespanlogin required
Sue Grigson’s research could help change the way we treat addiction
Resources for students, teachers and psychologists at all levels to explore career growth in psychology.
Professional Resilience in Changing Times
Paid Promotional Presentations Designed to Deepen Your Clinical Knowledge
Browse the latest updates from APA, informed by psychological science.
Candice Hargons, PhD, elected as 2028 APA president
APA CEO Arthur C. Evans Jr., PhD, to retire in January 2028
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Learn about key issues impacting psychologists today
Navigating the ripple effects of suicide
University of Kentucky researcher Julie Cerel, PhD, discusses how suicide exposure affects far more people than previously understood and explains why upstream prevention, crisis planning, and postvention support are essential to reducing suicide risk.
Bringing psychological expertise into AI development
Psychologists are uniquely positioned to shape AI. Here’s how to move from advisory roles into leadership positions.
Building resilience in marginalized patients
Brown psychologist Shufang Sun, PhD, explores minority stress, trauma, and mindfulness‑based approaches to help marginalized youth build resilience and mental well‑being.
Moving beyond one-size-fits-all depression treatment
Lorenzo Lorenzo-Luaces, PhD, studies why treatments that work well for some patients fail for others.
Research in brief
What people share at work—and how it’s received—matters more than most people think. Plus many more research highlights.
People considered good tend to be happier, and acting in line with one’s values may boost sense of life satisfaction and purpose. Plus many more research highlights.
Exercise and cognition, active learning, negotiation gender gap
For most people, any kind of exercise (even one-time workouts) has immediate benefits for cognitive functioning. Plus many more research highlights.
Beyond good intentions: Overcoming barriers for researchers with a disability
A supportive community is key to ensuring disabled researchers can succeed in their careers.
Learning to play, social media addiction, short-circuiting suicidal ideation
Children whose mothers balance sensitivity and responsiveness in play appear to be more likely to show the same skills with their friends. Plus many more research highlights.
The benefits from culturally responsive community-based research partnerships
Cultural responsiveness and community participation lead to more ethical, impactful, and sustainable research, especially useful in addressing inequity, health disparity, and social injustice.
The benefits of experience sampling for longitudinal research
A longitudinal research method that can support participant compliance is experience sampling, a structured diary approach for capturing participants’ thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and symptoms throughout the day.
Trust in health advice, aging and knowledge depth, mood and behavior change
Research with individuals in 5 countries shows greater trust with scientists than governments for practical health advice. Plus many more research highlights.
The top 10 journal articles of 2024
Many of the year's most-read journal articles covered research on social media, with others exploring leadership, cognitive behavioral therapy, and adverse childhood experiences.
Aging stereotypes, language development, empathy, politics, and more research
Younger and older people alike experience stereotype threat—the concern about being reduced to a negative stereotype—at work.
In brief: AI's predictive value, web access and well-being, school shooters, blinking's benefits
Artificial intelligence may be able to predict a person's political orientation based on photos of their expressionless face. Plus many more research highlights.
Boredom, loneliness, victim blaming, brain size, and more scientific research
Highlights of peer-reviewed studies in psychology and related fields.
In Brief: Sustaining attention, self-assurance with age, and more scientific studies
In brief: Sharing secrets, misinformation in academic publications, and more scientific studies
Highlights of peer-reviewed studies in psychology and related fields
In Brief: Violence against teachers, musical connections, and more research
The latest peer-reviewed studies within psychology and related fields.
In brief: Limiting social media boosts mental health, the negatives of body positivity, and more research
In brief: Jump in drug overdoses among older adults, a blood test for anxiety, and more research
The latest peer-reviewed studies within psychology and related fields
In brief: The effects of workplace stress on spouses, mania skews sense of smell, and more research
In brief: Cannabis can’t conjure creativity, hormone therapy and depression risk, and more research
In brief: Roots of fanaticism, potential downsides of an ADHD diagnosis, and more research
The top 10 journal articles of 2022
APA’s 89 journals published more than 5,500 articles in 2022. Here are the top 10 most read.
