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- Sad and introspective? Don't go shopping
- WASHINGTON AFP — Glum shoppers hoping to boost their self-esteem with a bout of 'retail therapy' will spend more for the same item and come to regret the purchase, a new study showed Friday. According to a study released at the annual meeting of the Society for Social and Personality...
- Research articles 2008-02-10
- Getting a kick from helping girls make the right choices; A project aimed at slashing the high teenage pregnancy rates in the region is making a mark. MITYA UNDERWOOD hears what sets this apart from the rest
- Byline: MITYA UNDERWOOD IT's easy for young people to carry condoms and know where to get them, but how many people actually know how to approach the topic of using them?" asks Teenage Kicks' team lead Clara Shield bluntly. "We all know it doesn't take much to have...
- Research articles 2007-10-11
- Happiness Leads To Productivity? Not So, Says Psychologist
- You can always count on the folks over at the Freakonomics blog to shake up the conventional thinking, and today they've done it again. Everyone knows that if employees are happy they'll also be productive, right? Hence all the corporate efforts to improve morale. But new research suggests the truth...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Thoughts of Death Influence Food Choices, Charitable Giving.
- Byline: Duke University DURHAM, N.C., June 20 AScribe Newswire -- After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, many Americans reported changes in behavior, from overeating to overspending to increased church attendance. New research from Duke and Stanford University identifies the ways a heightened...
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- Cruel compassion: how politically correct psychology weakens Americans.(Dr Christina Hoff Sommers; Sally Satel)(Interview)
- TAE contributing editor Karlyn Bowman recently sat down with Dr: Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel, M.D., resident scholars at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss their new book One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance. TAE: You criticize...
- Research articles 2005-06-01
- Opposites attract big bills on phone.(youth consumers survey)(Brief Article)
- Mar 13, 2005 (The Mercury - ABIX via COMTEX) An Australian study says people with low self-esteem and young extroverts are the most likely to ignore mobile telephone laws and have huge bills. According to the survey of 200 people aged between 18 and 85...
- Research articles 2005-03-13
- Critic's corner
- * HBO talks to children about diversity and self-esteem with the animated special Happy to be Nappy and Other Stories of Me (tonight, 7:30 ET/PT). Mikhail Baryshnikov, Harvey Fierstein, Isaac Mizrahi, Melanie Griffith and Vanessa Williams are among those who lend their voices. * It's a spectral reunion as...
- Research articles 2004-02-24
- Message from the White House.(school's out!)(First Lady Laura Bush on the merits of art education)(Brief Article)
- Art education allows children to enjoy life, to explore their talents--whether it be coloring, painting, drawing, writing--or anything else they love. The arts have the unique ability to instill discipline, build self-esteem, and provide positive outlets for self-expression. At every stage of our lives,...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Becoming Yourself.(Next generation)
- Becoming Yourself grew out of a Girls Leadership workshop that 17-year-old editor Emily O'Neill attended in 2001 at Val-Kill, Eleanor Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park, N.Y. "Becoming Yourself is an international newsletter promoting the life and legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt, covering issues such as...
- Research articles 2003-06-30
- Teenage angst forms the basis for community success story.
- Jan 26, 2003 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) An Australian youth welfare specialist with experience in the US is finally starting to earn a reasonable living. Mark Dobson for many years has been successful in improving the self esteem of youth, and giving ...
- Research articles 2003-01-26
- Self-esteem and drug use. (News Briefs).
- Researchers at the University of Michigan have found that many college freshmen's methods for seeking self-esteem are harmful to their mental health, producing increased interpersonal stress and conflict and elevated levels of drug and alcohol use. Of the 600 students who were assessed according to their...
- Research articles 2002-11-14
- Did you know?
- * High self-esteem or narcissism contributes to violence, suicide, depression, eating disorders, racism, drunken driving, teen-age pregnancy, relationship conflicts, academic difficulties and increased use of drugs and alcohol (research on the self-esteem movement in education, child-rearing and psychological counseling, based on several studies by Brad J. Bushman of Iowa State...
- Research articles 2002-10-29
- "Charisma without conscience" at the top.
- Oct 28, 2002 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) US-based research indicates that CEOs and psychopaths often share personality traits. Robert Hare of the University of British Columbia believes that boardrooms are full of people exhibiting psychopathic behaviour. He says psychopaths have an ability...
- Research articles 2002-10-29
- In the air.(Suburban Living)
- Remotely interesting: Marlo Thomas tries to single-handedly repair the damage done by "Ally McBeal" with "Our Heroes, Ourselves," at 6 p.m. today on Lifetime. The program begins a campaign by the cable channel to "build self-esteem among women." The PBS investigative series "Frontline"...
- Research articles 2002-05-16
- Losing the way/ A government grown too big allows opportunists to
- Remember the government's Creative Wellness Program? Started in 1998, it was supposed to improve the self-esteem of people living in public housing by identifying their personality types and recommending personal colors, incense and gemstones. The idea was that higher self-esteem would decrease crime rates and...
- Research articles 2001-09-17
- Editorials.(News)(Editorial)
- Squandering a million on mood rings and incense Government continues to find ways to whack taxpayers with wildly wasteful expenditures of their dollars, and here is yet another example. It would be laughable it wasn't so ludicrous. The U.S. Department of Housing...
- Research articles 2001-09-09
- Autoestima, antigüedad laboral e ingreso salarial: su influencia en mujeres y en hombres (1).
- Self-esteem, job tenure, and socioeconomic income. Its influence in women and men RESUMEN Sobre la base de investigaciones previas que demuestran la influencia de la antigüedad laboral en diferentes áreas de la autoestima en mujeres, se exploró el papel desempeñado por...
- Research articles 2000-07-01
- NOTEWORTHY - many employers are rewriting employee handbooks to accommodate workers who do not regard Christmas as a religious holiday - this and other items are discussed - Brief Article
- Most American workers will take time off to celebrate the holidays, but many employees don't observe Christmas as a religious holiday. Business owners are increasingly discovering that growing minority populations and their religious observances require rewriting company handbooks, notes Brien Smith, human resources professor, Ball State University, Muncie, Ind. ...
- Research articles 1999-12-01
- Q: Do public schools shortchange girls on educational opportunities?
- Yes: Girls still face barriers in schools that prevent them from reaching their full potential. The American Association of University Women, or AAUW, has been a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocate for equal opportunities for women and girls for more than a century. Specifically, we work to improve education for girls....
- Research articles 1998-12-14
- Holiday Stress And Eating Disorders
- Mid-November signals the on-slaught of holiday parties, family reunions, and an increase in food. For some, the emotional stress proves too much and they take it out on their bodies. "Most eating disorders stem from underlying emotional issues relating to self-esteem, relationships, a fear of conflict, a need for perfection,...
- Research articles 1998-11-01
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