New research from The University of Texas at San Antonio reveals that youths who experience intrusive police stops are at risk of heightened emotional distress. The findings come from a study by assistant professors Dylan Jackson, Chantal Fahmy and Alexander Testa in UTSA’s Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, who collaborated with professor Michael Vaughn from St. Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice.

Spending time in virtual reality can have therapeutic benefits, especially for people combating phobias, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Meta-analysis finds non-pharmacological interventions are more effective for easing behavioural symptoms.Paul Biegler reports.

When a protest group with strong public support turns violent, people may perceive them as less reasonable. In turn, this leads people to identify with them less, and ultimately become less supportive, according to a new study by Stanford sociologist Robb Willer.

A concept known as hypo-egoic nonentitlement might be the defining characteristic of humility, according to a new study published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. The research found that humility is unrelated to downplaying your positive traits and accomplishments. Rather, what separates the humble from the nonhumble is the belief that your positive traits and accomplishments do not entitle you to special treatment.

Study has shown that book readers who read about fiction, drama and romance are nicer, empathetic and kinder.

Research shows that if you expect help, you might not appreciate it

One of the under-explored issues for male victims of domestic violence in particular, has been the impact of their experience, and how they cope with it post-separation.

With happiness harder to come by these days, people are grasping at any moment of joy they can get.

There's a name for these feelings: relaxation-induced anxiety.

Patterns show places where people who intend to kill themselves go—and give health workers better chances to stop them

Phenomenal consciousness is a fiction written by our brains to help us track the impact that the world makes on us

Filtering out distractions might be more important for the brain than highlighting important information.

There could be a simple way to help young children’s brains improve for the better, with long-lasting benefits.

The teenage boy was sleeping nearly all day. And when he was awake, he felt like he was cut off from reality. What was going on?

People who watch pornography hold views of women as more equal to men than people who do not watch pornography, and are no less likely to describe themselves as feminists, according the results of a study published in the Journal of Sex Research. The role of pornography in shaping societal attitudes towards women has been a topic of longstanding debate. Some commentators argue that pornography is inherently demeaning to women, and that viewing it causes men to develop more hostile gender attitudes and causes women to internalize negative gender stereotypes

New research shows their mother's voice helps premature babies in the NICU.

A new study conducted by researchers from four different universities has junked the proposition that the excessive use of smartphones is linked to increased mental health problems. More than 2,000 youth were initially surveyed for the study out of which another subsample of nearly 400 teens, ages 10-15 years, from the economically and racially diverse population was taken. They were tracked on their smartphones multiple times a day for two weeks.

A new study from researchers at BYU reveals that perceptions of impostorism are quite common and uncovers one of the best — and worst — ways to cope with such feelings.

Health and Care of People with Learning Disabilities: Standardised Mortality Ratio Indicator compares the number of deaths occurring in the learning disabilities population, aged 0–74, to those that would be expected for people of the same characteristics in the general population.