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Edited by Jill Wright,
Psychologists call it "spillover" - the transferring of experiences from one domain to another. A new theoretical model based on data in an ongoing 2008 study suggests that marital interaction is a predictor of outcomes in both an individual's physical and mental health and his or her work outcomes. Essentially, the work by the School of Family Life at Brigham...
Edited by Jill Wright,
Some recent psychological studies reinforce the importance of positive role models in allowing women to achieve their potential. Women's performance in maths tasks is undermined, for instance, when they are reminded of the stereotype that they are innately inferior at maths compared to men. The phenomenon, which applies to other groups, including ethnic minorities - it was originally identified in...
Edited by Jill Wright,
A study published in the European Health Journal suggests that if you are feeling that you are under stress and that it is affecting your health ... it probably is. Data gathered from the so-called Whitehall II study which followed 7,268 British civil servants - both men and women - over 18 years, showed that in that period there were...
Edited by Jill Wright,
More conservative generations might scoff at online dating and socially-networked romancing as being somehow less than authentic, but according to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the US, marriages that begin on the Internet are marginally less likely to result in separation or divorce. Given that the study indicates more than one third of the people who...
Edited by Jill Wright,
Psychologists who work with businesses and organisations - including Psychology Melbourne's expert team - contribute a great deal to helping organisations improve the attitudes, effectiveness and productivity of managers and staff. In the future, it seems, they might also be contributing a great deal to enhancing the career prospects of neurotic introverts. This follows research that indicates that while the...
Edited by Jill Wright,
One of the exciting things for those of us who work in the field of psychology is the scientific evidence that is emerging from the more recent breakthroughs in neuroscience and brain imaging that confirm that the techniques we use - the so-called "talking cure"- produce positive physiological changes in the human brain. What this evidence also suggests is that...
Edited by Jill Wright,
Psychologists have always differed from psychiatrists in their attitudes to the use of prescription drugs. One study suggests that even as students, psychologists are more likely to regard psychiatric prescriptions as harmful and over-used. Despite those reservations, however, psychologists have largely avoided public criticism of their medical colleagues' growing tendency to prescribe drugs to patients suffering from mental distress. That...