Lifetime rates of clinical depression and anxiety in the West tend to be approximately 4 to 10
times greater than rates in Asia. In this review, we explore one possible reason for this cross …

British Psychology Society Textbook of the Year 2020 Why do people who are more socially
connected live longer and have better health than those who are socially isolated? Why are …

Although most resilience science has focused on individual-level psychosocial factors that
promote individual resilience, theorists and researchers have begun to examine …

The causes and consequences of individual differences in animal behavior and stress
physiology are increasingly studied in wild animals, yet the possibility that stress physiology …

Why are negative emotions so central in art reception far beyond tragedy? Revisiting
classical aesthetics in the light of recent psychological research, we present a novel model …

Separate research streams have identified synchrony and arousal as two factors that might
contribute to the effects of human rituals on social cohesion and cooperation. But no …

Shamans, including medicine men, mediums, and the prophets of religious movements,
recur across human societies. Shamanism also existed among nearly all documented …

The growing prevalence of artificial intelligence and digital media in children's lives provides
them with the opportunity to interact with novel non-human agents such as robots and voice …

Mothers around the world sing to infants, presumably to regulate their mood and arousal.
Lullabies and playsongs differ stylistically and have distinctive goals. Mothers sing lullabies …

Helping troubled parents to raise their children adequately is of crucial importance for
parents, their children and society at large. Distressed parents have themselves often been …