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Can vacations live up to their reputation?

published in: magazine issue | 04/2019

Especially in the time before summer, people look forward to the beginning of their summer vacations. On the one hand, holidays are an integral part of life of our society and primarily provide relaxation and recovery. On the other hand, recent research shows that vacation effects fade-out quite quickly after returning to work. As... / more

written by Ina-Maria Döring
edited by Amanda Sesko

Sorry, Not Sorry: Apologies and Denials in the #MeToo Movement

published in: magazine issue | 01/2019

The #MeToo-movement publicly confronts alleged perpetrators of sexual misconduct with their transgressions. In return, the accused often struggle with the question of how to reply. What can research about trust and forgiveness teach us about the do’s and don’ts of their responses? The rise of... / more

written by Chris Reinders Folmer
edited by Matthew Baldwin

From Pervasive Beliefs To Wrongful Convictions

published in: magazine issue | 01/2019

Popular series like “Making a Murderer” and “The Confession Tapes” have raised public awareness of the possibility of wrongful convictions. Can cognitive psychology resolve why evidence of innocence is overlooked in cases of wrongful convictions? The many exonerations exposed by... / more

written by Enide Maegherman, Robert Horselenberg, Karl Ask & Peter J. Van Koppen
edited by Andreas Burger

Refugees wel(l)come: The impact of social support on refugees’ well-being

published in: magazine issue | 01/2019

To date, the refugee crisis has been a central issue for society and associated with several challenges. This article focuses on the well-being of refugees as a basis for successful integration. In particular, it addresses the question of how social support can... / more

written by Ina-Maria Döring
edited by Rosine Rutten

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The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

published in: magazine issue | 02/2014

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

published in: magazine issue | 02/2013

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

published in: magazine issue | 02/2013

"Colored" drinking fountain (Oklahoma, 1939) - Wikimedia Commons

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?

published in: magazine issue | 06/2014

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