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Clinically depressed patients phrase personal goals in less specific terms

People suffering from clinical depression express personal goals and reasons for their attainment or failure in less specific terms than people without the disorder. This lack of specificity in representing personal goals ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psychologist: Achievement goals can be shaped by environment

A new study by Stanford psychologist Paul O'Keefe suggests that the culture of our learning and working environments can have long-term effects on our goals and motivation.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Psychology researcher finds that power does go to our heads

Power -- defined as the ability to influence others -- makes people think differently. For North Americans, a feeling of power leads to thinking in a focused and analytical way, which may be beneficial when pursuing personal ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Insurance redesign beneficial in ensuring that children receive obesity services

The rise in childhood obesity and associated health conditions have become a significant concern in the United States. An initiative by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, which fights childhood obesity, ...

Health created May 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Twitter can help people lose weight

(Medical Xpress)—Using Twitter can help you achieve a healthy weight. A study by researchers at the University of South Carolina's Arnold School of Public Health has found that using Twitter, the popular information network ...

Health created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social gaming promotes healthy behavior, reveals new research

Adding social gaming elements to a behavior tracking program led people to exercise more frequently and helped them decrease their body-mass index, according to new research from the USC School of Cinematic Arts, the Keck ...

Health created Apr 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teen break-ups occur independent of how well couples handle disagreements

Adults who resolve and recover from conflict are known to be happier in their romantic relationships but the same does not hold true for teen romances, according to research published April 17 in the open access journal PLOS ON ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 17, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Letting go can boost quality of life

Most people go through life setting goals for themselves. But what happens when a life-altering experience makes those goals become unachievable or even unhealthy?

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Free online program helps reduce blood pressure

People with high blood pressure enrolled in a clinical pharmacist-led web-based monitoring program were more likely to lower their pressure to recommended level than people who did not use the program.

Cardiology created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel trading system could help fund global health

A novel global trading system based on the cost effectiveness of health interventions, similar to the market on carbon permits to help control climate change, could provide the extra funding needed to reach the health targets ...

Health created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time cover masks problem: Too few kids breast-fed

(AP) -- The real issue with breast-feeding is this: Too few infants who could really benefit from it are getting mom's milk.

Pediatrics created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Belief in god cuts two ways, study finds

Being reminded of the concept of God can decrease people's motivation to pursue personal goals but can help them resist temptation, according to new research published by the American Psychological Association.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Additional research must be done to ensure safety of pit latrines, new study says

Pit latrines are one of the most common human excreta disposal systems globally, and their use is on the rise as countries aim to meet the sanitation-related target of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Strong evidence ...

Health created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Field study shows motivational effect of performance targets

(Medical Xpress)—In many areas of our everyday lives, goals are the norm. That not all of them are effective, however, is something which anyone who has seen their New Year resolutions crumbling with each passing month ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Timely reminders boost childhood immunizations rates

New research from the Children's Outcomes Research Program at Children's Hospital Colorado shows that timely reminders by state or local health departments are more effective at increasing immunization rates among preschool ...

Health created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0