San Francisco State University

Psychology & Psychiatry

Personality, sexual orientation influence online dating site use

Your personality and sexual orientation could affect how you use online dating sites—even if your uses do not include finding a life partner, according to a new study led by SF State researcher Chris Clemens.

Overweight & Obesity

Divorce fuels sugary beverage consumption, study finds

Children of recently separated or divorced families are likelier to drink sugar-sweetened beverages than children in families where the parents are married, putting them at higher risk for obesity later in life, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Software created to help find a cure for a 'great neglected disease'

For decades, scientists around the world have worked to develop a treatment for schistosomiasis, a debilitating water-born parasite that affects more than 200 million people worldwide. To aid this research, Rahul Singh, professor ...

Autism spectrum disorders

'Integrated Play Groups' help children with autism

It's an often-agonizing challenge facing any parent of a child with autism: How can I help my son or daughter socialize with his or her typically developing peers? The solution, SF State's Pamela Wolfberg found, may lie in ...

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