A study in Italy has found that characterological shame mediated the link between vulnerable narcissism and maladaptive daydreaming. The new findings suggest that vulnerable narcissists deal with their deep-seated sense of inadequacy by fantasizing about situations where their shame is overcome. This link was also present with grandiose narcissism, but was weaker. The study was published in Personality and Individual Differences.

Past psychology research has shown that people associate Black with male and Asian with female. New findings have revealed that this association is weaker among people who fit the counter-stereotype — Black women and Asian men. The findings were published in Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Social hierarchies exist across cultures and people use distinct cues such as prestige and wealth to determine where other people fit in society. However, information these cues is not always available and is inferred by other information such as the person’s race or gender. New research published in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology found that children use race and posture cues to infer who is “in charge” between two adults.

A group of researchers claims to have developed a system that can determine a person's political ideology by looking at their brain scans, using "state-of-the-art artificial intelligence algorithms." Wow! Either this is the most powerful AI system in the known universe, or it's a complete ruse. It's a ruse, of course: there's little cause to get excited. To refute the researcher's work, you don't even need to read their article. We're done now. All you need is the words "politics change."

Cannabis use is widespread and becoming more normalized as it becomes legalized in more areas around the world. Another method cannabis use is becoming normalized is through social media platforms such as TikTok.

The morality of eating cheeseburgers, steaks, and everything in between is a controversial topic. Many abstain completely from meat in their diet out of empathy for animals, while others see nothing wrong with visiting a steak house on a Saturday night. Now, new research is accounting for age in the meat-morality debate. Scientists report children generally consider eating meat as less morally acceptable than adults.

Having a partner with a ‘dark personality’ can put you at higher risk of suffering repeated infidelity, a study published in the Acta Psychologica journal reveals. The concept of a ‘dark personality’ comes from a triad proposed by personality theorists and includes subclinical narcissism (focus on oneself), psychopathy (lack of empathy, remorselessness), and Machiavellianism (cynicism, acting in self-interest). Other traits associated with a dark personality are sadism, selfishness, moral disengagement, and resentment.

A series of studies published in the Journal of Research in Personality suggests that the traits of vulnerable narcissism and a negative view of the past are associated with similar personality profiles. Both concepts were associated with high neuroticism and antagonism, low self-esteem, and a negative memory bias.

The secret to happiness may lie in doing things to make other people happy, rather than ourselves, according to a series of five studies published in the Journal of Positive Psychology. The findings suggest that doing things for others enhances well-being by fulfilling a psychological need for connection with others — even if that person is a stranger.

When male workers believe their gender status is threatened, they are more likely than their female counterparts to engage in deviant behavior such as lying, cheating or stealing in the workplace, new research suggests.

New research suggests that masks can impact social functioning. The study, published in PLOS One, found that masks diminish people’s ability to accurately identify facial expressions. Face masks have been widely adopted in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, but little is known about the psychological consequences of this development.

New research from University of Sydney has found that the income level required to be happy in Australia has been increasing and moving out of reach of most Australians.

Facebook’s own internal research found 1 in 8 of its users reported compulsive social media use that interfered with their sleep, work, and relationships— what the social media platform calls “problematic use” but is more commonly known as “internet addiction,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

New research reviews thinking errors in depression. Suppose you are leaving a party, when, suddenly, you notice a guest looking at you and frowning. Why is the person frowning?

However you like to take time for yourself, from reading to hiking to playing video games, leisure time can be a vital way of relaxing, promoting good mental and physical health, boosting social relationships, and inducing happiness. But whether we fully experience those benefits, a new study suggests, may depend on the way we view leisure time itself.

We’re all aware of the financial disparity that plagues our economic systems. Many of those at the top of large corporations seem content to exploit large groups of people for their own significant financial gain.

Who is it that lives alone in this Isolated House? And how do they go about purchasing basics such as food and medicine? There is a popular saying, “No man is an island.” Some people, on the other hand, would like to live alone for the rest of their life or for a period of time. This might be for a variety of causes or for no apparent reason at all.

A new study suggests that previous research may have overestimated the influence of self-esteem on changes in wellbeing following a breakup. The research found that most people felt less satisfied with life in the wake of their romantic relationship ending, but there was only a small difference between those with low and those with high self-esteem.

The most successful people are not the most talented, just the luckiest, a new computer model of wealth creation confirms. Taking that into account can maximize return on many kinds of investment. The distribution of wealth follows a well-known pattern sometimes called an 80:20 rule: 80 percent of the wealth is owned by 20 percent of the people. Indeed, a report last year concluded that just eight men had a total wealth equivalent to that of the world’s poorest 3.8 billion people.

Although we often think of young children as rather selfish, research has shown that babies and toddlers have a surprisingly strong sense of what is fair. At one year old, kids already expect resources to be divided fairly and for people to be helpful towards others. By two, they themselves tend to distribute resources equally, and would rather play with a fair adult than an unfair one.