41 min ago | The Post Chronicle
Looking At Therapy Under A Biblical Light
The University of Illinois at Chicago is offering an online course that makes a case for using biblical narratives in psychotherapy. via The Post Chronicle
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Sweeping Analysis Of Research Reinforces Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image
“This suggests that despite all our efforts to teach women and girls to be savvy about the media and have healthy body practices, the media's effect on how much they internalize the thin ideal is getting stronger”
In the May issue of Psychological Bulletin, University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher Shelly Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde describe a sweeping analysis of 77 previous studies involving ... via Science Daily
15 hrs ago | Blackwell Publishing Press Release
Both Boys and Girls Negatively Affected By Sexual Harassment
“We hope these findings inform teachers, administrators, and policy makers for high schools when they develop policy and procedures related to sexual harassment”
A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls. via Blackwell Publishing Press Release
20 hrs ago | Huliq.com
People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people's binge drinking habits. via Huliq.com
Yesterday | MediLexicon
Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 12 May 2008 Simple numerical tasks, such as classifying digits as odd or even by pressing left or right buttons, ... via MediLexicon
Yesterday | PhysOrg Weblog
Sweeping analysis of research reinforces media influence on women`s body image
“This suggests that despite all our efforts to teach women and girls to be savvy about the media and have healthy body practices, the media's effect on how much they internalize the thin ideal is getting stronger”
As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images ... via PhysOrg Weblog
Yesterday | MediLexicon
Imagining Study Finds Equity And Efficiency Are Encoded Differently In The Brain
“You're seeing the signal in the insula and the putamen initially”
Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 11 May 2008 Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that ... via MediLexicon
Sunday | MiddletownJournal
Counseling available, often required
“The students that I see, most of them say that alcohol is the primary focus at events”
Treating prolonged, habitual consumption of alcohol by students has become the focus of many university programs in southwest Ohio. via MiddletownJournal
Sunday | The Seattle Times
Democrats risk much by delaying Obama's triumph
“They want to be spared controversy. Most of them are looking for certainty, for inevitability, before they commit.”
Three days after last Tuesday's primaries seemingly tilted the Democratic presidential nomination decisively toward Barack Obama, the surprising fact was that almost half the party's senators had not announced ... via The Seattle Times
Saturday | News.ncmonline.com
“My mother went out, and I was alone”
The Nation , News Analysis, Special Exchange with the NatIon, Roberto Lovato, Posted: May 10, 2008 NEW YORK -- Justeen Mancha's dream of becoming a psychologist was born of the tropical heat and exploitation ... via News.ncmonline.com
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