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Daddy Issues and Dark Triad Predict Sexual Attention-Seeking
Can sexy selfies be traced back to “daddy issues” and dark triad traits? New research suggests “yes.” Inspired by the growing popularity of sexy selfies and cosmetic surgery, Connor, Spark, and Kaya (2019) developed a scale to measure the desire for sexual attention and looked at its relationship with parental bonding and the three dark triad traits...
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Narcissism might be a dark trait but it can lower stress levels and reduce chances of depression
People who have grandiose narcissistic traits are more likely to be ‘mentally tough’, feel less stressed and are less vulnerable to depression, research led by Queen’s University Belfast has found.
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“Politically Incorrect” Speakers Are Seen As More Authentic — Especially If The Audience Already Shares Their Views
So said then-candidate Donald J Trump during a US presidential debate in 2015. Trump may have strong feelings on the matter, but he’s not alone. “Dozens of articles are written about political correctness every month in [US-based] media outlets spanning the political spectrum,” note the authors of a new paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
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How to identify a narcissist — and cope with their potentially toxic behavior
The word “narcissist” is one of those tricky terms that is both luxuriously broad in meaning (it’s defined on Dictionary.com as “a person who is overly self-involved, and often vain and selfish) as well as clinically specific. A narcissist, from a psychiatric perspective, is a person suffering from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD), a formal diagnosis coined after years of psychoanalytic study.
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Why Are Mean People So Powerful?
Are there narcissists in your life who are just plain mean? Do you ask yourself, “How can someone be so mean?” Do you wonder sometimes how they even come up with their aggressive and vengeful antics? Are you shocked at the power of mean people and their ability to trigger your emotions?
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Is it okay to not be passionate about anything?
When she was asked what her passions were, Karen Hardy struggled to come up with an answer. Is that such a bad thing?
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The Loneliness of the Internet Troll
Loneliness is a powerful psychological, emotional and behavioral state, associated with significant risks to mental and physical health. Online trolling is a huge and growing problem, as well. According to the Pew Research Center (Online Harassment, 2017
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Ambidexterity and Wellness part fourteen,Finding your Authentic Self: by Dr. Eric Zabiegalski
So I’m a little left of center, I’m a little out of tune, some say I’m paranormal, so I just bend their spoon, who wants to be ordinary, in a crazy mixed up world – Michelle Branch, American singer/songwriter. You Get Me Michelle Branch’s catchy 2001 song has it right, nobody wants to be ordinary.
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Teenagers Define Themselves Mostly In Terms Of Their Positive Traits; Adults More In Terms Of Their Social Roles
This is the Twenty Statements Test and it’s designed to assess how we see ourselves – our “self-concept”. For their new paper in the journal Memory, a team at the University of Reading, led by Emily Hards, gave this test to 822 teenagers (aged 13-18) from three schools in England, with the additional instruction “not to think too much about the responses and not to worry about the order/importance of the statements”.
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Loving Oneself by Watching Porn?
Media clickbait headlines love to blame all kinds of wild things on pornography use, and the recent rise in social acceptance of pornography. A recent fad of women who have “bleaching” of the tissues around their anus is commonly blamed on porn, as is the rise in vaginoplasty, a form of plastic surgery involving alteration to the appearance of female genitalia.
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Why Authenticity Is the Best Dating Strategy
Is it better to be yourself or play hard to get when dating? Is being yourself attractive and what type of person does being yourself attract? Do we become more emotionally open and available when we are made to feel safe to be our true selves?
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Cannabis dependence linked to changes in the processing of social rewards
New research provides evidence that cannabis dependence is linked to altered activity in the striatum when receiving a socially rewarding stimulus. The study has been published in the journal European Neuropsychopharmacology. “Current addiction theories propose that repeated drug use leads to lasting changes in motivational processes mediated by drug-induced adaptations in the brain reward systems, particularly the striatum,” said study co-author Benjamin Becker of neuSCAN Lab and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
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People With Advantageous Personality Traits Have More Nerve-Fibre Insulation (Myelination) In Key Brain Areas
Researchers are getting closer to understanding the neurological basis of personality. For a new paper in the Journal of Personality, Nicola Toschi and Luca Passamonti took advantage of a recent technological breakthrough that makes it possible to use scans to estimate levels of myelination in different brain areas (until fairly recently this could only be done at postmortem).
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The bad news on human nature, in 10 findings from psychology
It’s a question that’s reverberated through the ages – are humans, though imperfect, essentially kind, sensible, good-natured creatures? Or are we, deep down, wired to be bad, blinkered, idle, vain, vengeful and selfish? There are no easy answers, and there’s clearly a lot of variation between individuals, but here we shine some evidence-based light on the matter through 10 dispiriting findings that reveal the darker and less impressive aspects of human nature:
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If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it
Just by trying, even if you fail, you’ll have gained confidence because you’ll have attempted something in which the outcome was not predictable.
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Why Do People Mistake Narcissism for High Self-Esteem?
The "charismatic air" of narcissists-- from their flashy attire, to their self-assured behaviors, to their charming glances, to their witty humor-- often makes a big first impression. At the same time, people seem to be really good at accurately perceiving narcissism in others based on minimal information (even just physical appearance is usually enough of a cue to accurately perceive narcissism). Which raises an interesting question: why are narcissists-- which are characterized by extremely high levels of exhibitionism...
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Grafeoiphobia is a furniture collection for desk-shy, bed-happy workers
Geoffrey Pascal has created a collection of office furniture that responds to the growing number of people working at home in their beds.
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'Facebook Addiction' Study: People Who Crave Social Acceptance At Higher Risk Of Using Facebook Compulsively
As one of the most popular websites in the world, and as — according to Statista — the leading global social network, Facebook may have changed the way we maintain social relationships. An issue of contention, however, remains. Relatively little is known about how heavy Facebook usage, and potential addiction, affects the human brain.
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People with strong self-control experience less intense bodily states like hunger and fatigue
You may think of people with high self-control as having enviable reserves of willpower, but recent findings suggest this isn’t the case. Instead it seems the strong-willed are canny folk, adept at avoiding temptation in the first place. A new study in the journal Self and Identity builds on this picture, showing that people high in self-control tend to experience less intense visceral states, like fatigue, hunger and stress (states that are known to encourage impulsive behaviour).
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