University of Southampton psychologist Constantine Sedikides and his colleagues conducted an experiment to look at the effects of nostalgia on people's sense of loneliness and social support. Historically, nostalgia has often been viewed in a negative light. It has been seen as an a way of living in the past and ...
Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk to Jacqueline Lanteigne and Dennis Crawford about the loss of their first infant, Tristan, when he was less than a month old. Next week, Jacqueline and Dennis talk about dealing with their grief about their son's passing. Listen here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/familyanatomy/FA053_-_Anatomy_of_Grief_1.mp3] You can get your free podcast subscription ...
Jared Curhan of MIT’s Sloan School of Management and Jennifer Overbeck of the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business conducted a study to see how men and women handle negotiations. What they were looking for was whether participants would behave as the stereotypes would have us believe, namely that the women would concentrate ...
Parenting.com has posted a series of well-produced, entertaining videos in partnership with Juice Box Jungle. I found the headline, "Daddy Doesn't Do It Right" and had to check it out. The brief video interviews mothers and fathers about their participation in childcare, and includes some not-so-surprising information: In this video: Over 25% of dads ...
A 10-year survey conducted by the University of Southern California Institute of Economic Policy Research revealed information about bulimia that runs counter to the common notion that it primarily affects privileged caucasian girls. Beginning when the participants were 9 or 10, the researchers regularly queried girls' behaviour. Perhaps the most important information to be reported ...
A new study published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that preschoolers brains don't work the same way as the brains of adults. While this might not surprise parents, previous research on cognitive development has considered kids to be basically the same as adults, but with weaker skills. Adults take ...
A study published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology indicates that exercise can increase self-esteem and reduce depressive symptoms in overweight 7 to 11 year-olds. Researchers at the Medical College of Georgia randomly placed over 200 overweight kids into groups that continued their inactive lifestyle, or exercised after school for 20 or 40 minutes. The ...
Doctors Brian and Giuseppe continue their discussion with Dr. David Dutwin, author of "Uplug Your Kids: A Parent's Guide to Raising Happy, Active and Well-Adjusted Children in the Digital Age." The discussion moves from television to computers, the internet, and social networks. Listen here: [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/familyanatomy/FA052_-_Anatomy_of_Unplugging_3.mp3] You can get your free podcast subscription ...
There are a few questions that parents often ask. One is, "Should I let my child win when we play games together?" The answer really depends on what you want your child to learn from gameplay, but it's usually a "no." This response is based on my own experience as a therapist and as a ...
Instant messaging, chatting, and text messages are often mentioned in the same breath as complaints about the decline of children's spelling and reading skills. Predictions about the decline of literacy as a result of the abbreviations and misspellings commonly used on the internet and mobile phones were being made as early ...
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