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Changing the world through activism: what, why, and how
Activism involves taking action to challenge oppressive systems and create a just world for all. While there are potential harms to activism, there are many potential benefits as well. We have the power to create change through collective action. This article explores the... / more
- written by Erin Biesecker, Fei Bi Chan & Miranda Weathers
- edited by Rinat Meerson & Corinna Michels
How deliberate forgetting might lead to false memories
Ever wondered what happens when you try to forget something? Discover whether the effort to suppress memories can actually twist what you remember. This article explores the relationship between motivated forgetting and... / more
- written by Yiwen Zhang, Nurul Arbiyah, Yikang Zhang & Henry Otgaar
- edited by Stella Wernicke
Age-adequate functioning: The key to recovery for youth in mental health care
Psychological problems among youth are on the rise. In child and adolescent mental health care, awareness is growing that recovery concerns adaptive development, above and beyond symptom reduction. What role does... / more
Does organized ritual child abuse exist?
A significant number of therapists and self-defined victims report secret organizations that sexually abuse children for ideological or religious purposes and control them through targeted personality splitting. However, police investigations have so far been unable to... / more
- written by Roland Imhoff, Marcel Meuer, Andreas Mokros & Aileen Oeberst
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The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has been called a lot of things, from a “game changer” and “a breath of fresh air”, to “hypocritical”, “sexist”, and “sneaky”. So why has the campaign, whose major innovation was to use ads that featured real women rather than airbrushed models or celebrity spokespersons, sparked so much controversy? Taking... / more
- written by Angela Celebre & Ashley Waggoner Denton
- edited by Rosanna Guadagno & Reine van der Wal
That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life
Interpersonal touch is a fundamental but undervalued aspect of human nature. In the present article, the authors review psychological research showing that even fleeting forms of touch may have a powerful impact on our emotional and social functioning. Given its... / more
- written by Mandy Tjew A Sin & Sander Koole
- edited by Hans IJzerman
Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future
In the midst of racial segregation in the U.S.A and the ‘Jim Crow Laws’, Gordon Allport (1954) proposed one of the most important social psychological events of... / more
- written by Jim A. C. Everett
- edited by Diana Onu
No strings attached: Are “friends with benefits” as complicated in real life as they are in the movies?
Many people become “friends with benefits” to avoid drama and to have sex without getting tied up in emotions; however, the reality is that having a friend with benefits often becomes complicated. Why is that, and is there anything you can do to avoid these complexities? In... / more
- written by Justin J. Lehmiller
- edited by Dylan Selterman
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What is In-Mind? In-Mind is a volunteer-driven project dedicated to sharing psychological research. We give researchers a... / more
Resumé under the X-ray: What a CV really reveals about personality
CVs are more than lists of experiences and qualifications – they tell a story. But can they also provide cues about a person’s personality? To investigate... / more
Chronic Loneliness: Why Loneliness Can Make Us Even Lonelier
Loneliness can be more than a temporary feeling. For some, it... / more