How do personal attributes and social identities impact the journey into clinical psychology? Personal attributes and social identities – such as race, class, gender, disability, and lived experience – shape every stage... Read more »
Adrenaline (epinephrine) is a powerful chemical messenger that acts primarily as a hormone released into the bloodstream by the adrenal glands. Although it shares structural similarities with neurotransmitters and may act in... Read more »
Do you ever wonder how you ended up feeling like the odd one out in your family… like the person who stands on the outside looking in? You don’t want negative attention.... Read more »
Luo, J., McRae, K., & Waugh, C. E. (2025). Committing to emotion regulation: Factors impacting the choice to implement a reappraisal after its generation. Emotion, 25(4), 787–801. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001455 Key Takeaways Focus: The... Read more »
Alexithymia is difficulty identifying and expressing emotions. Parental rejection involves cold, critical, or emotionally distant parenting. When children experience rejection, they may not learn how to recognize or manage emotions, increasing the... Read more »
Negativity bias is the tendency to focus more on negative experiences than positive ones. In anxiety disorders, this bias can amplify perceived threats, fuel excessive worry, and distort emotional responses, making it... Read more »
Gross, M., Raynes, S., Schooler, J. W., Guo, E., & Dobkins, K. (2025). When is a wandering mind unhappy? The role of thought valence. Emotion, 25(3), 671–682. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001434 Key Takeaways The study explores how... Read more »
Cyberstalking involves using digital technology—including social media, digital tracking devices, digital messaging, email, spyware, surveillance cameras, or keyloggers—to track, follow, intimidate, or harass an individual, family, group, or community (Marcum & Higgins,... Read more »
Relationship Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (ROCD) involves intrusive thoughts and compulsive behaviors focused on doubts about one’s romantic relationship or partner. Symptoms include constant questioning of love, relationship “rightness,” or partner’s flaws, often leading... Read more »
In the U.S., approximately two million marriages occur annually. Some quick calculus reveals that these marriages create, on average, 8 million in-law relationships, not accounting for step-in-law relationships or other “in-law-esque” bonds... Read more »