In our earlier article, “Lessons From the Trenches on the Divorce Process,” we explored how fear can distort perception, ...

Following New Mexico's gubernatorial primary, many observers concluded that polarization was the dominant story. I believe the deeper story is learned helplessness. Psychologists use the term to ...

People struggling with symptoms of depression are less likely to perceive themselves as active initiators of their activities, which is directly reflected in the way they express themselves. Analyzing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lesley Broff is a licensed social worker who graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with her Master’s degree in Social Work.

Infants' helplessness demonstrates unique social implications for human development. In a new paper developmental psychology researchers from the University of Ottawa explored human infants' ...

Another week goes by, and with it, the feeling that terrible things are happening and that there’s nothing we can do to change them. That’s how I feel as an Israeli living in New York, and I know many ...

Somewhere along the way, working hard became a thing of the past for some. Effort? Cringe. Optimism? Please. In some workplaces, skepticism trumps enthusiasm, sarcasm wins more respect than passion, ...

In this era of heightened partisanship, the homilist at the Sunday Eucharist is more easily vulnerable to accusations of taking sides, even if preaching basic Christian values. This is inevitable at ...

Almost 60 years ago, researchers found that exposing dogs to inescapable electric shocks in one context led them to fail to avoid electric shocks in other situations where escape was possible. This ...