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When I Get That Boring Feeling: Sex as Escape from Boredom
Everyone gets bored from time to time. What do you do when you have these everyday feelings of boredom? In some cases, psychologists found that during such bouts, people sometimes watch porn, masturbate, or become preoccupied with thoughts about sex to deal with the adverse nature... / more
- written by Andrew Moynihan
- edited by Marlene Werner & Matthew Baldwin
Are Victim or Eyewitness Statements Credible? Several Ways to Check Them
In 2014, two teachers and six janitors were accused of child sexual abuse at Indonesia's Jakarta International School (JIS). Three preschool children reported that they had been... / more
- written by Nurul Arbiyah, Henry Otgaar & Eric Rassin
- edited by Matthew Baldwin
How Much Does the Menstrual Cycle Affect Emotional Life?
Around 1.6 billion women of fertile age currently have an ongoing menstrual cycle, and a larger group of women will experience or have already experienced this. Everyone probably knows a fertile woman in some way. Despite this, general knowledge about how the menstrual cycle affects women emotionally is scarce. At the same time, there are beliefs and... / more
- written by Maria Gröndal
- edited by Mitch Brown
From Derogation to Reclamation: How Does Language Change?
Derogatory labels are offensive words that can be reclaimed by a stigmatized group; however, the process of reclaiming can carry risks. ... / more
- written by Samuel Sturaro & Fabio Fasoli
- edited by Amanda Sesko
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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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Why a New Popular Press Psychology Book Refrains from Giving Advice
During this pandemic winter, many of us will be away from the people we love most. The absence of the physical presence of... / more
How to bring the gezelligheid this pandemic winter into your home
One of the things we will miss possibly the most this pandemic winter in the Northern Hemisphere is ... / more
Interview with Academics for Black Survival and Wellness
"Academics cannot stay silent about anti-Black racism, nor can they remain silent in the face of racial violence... / more