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While women in poverty are more likely to experience sexual harassment and domestic abuse than higher-income women, people assume it is less distressing for them.
In many animals, including humans, adverse events in youth have lasting negative health effects over the life span. But new research suggests something different is going on in mountain gorillas.
While employee resilience seems appealing — especially in the current uncertain and unpredictable time we are living in — overusing it can actually jeopardize an organization’s effectiveness.
Seeing grit as a panacea among historically disadvantaged students can be a dangerous distraction from other barriers to student retention.
By investing in learning, believing in your capabilities and vision, harnessing failure as fuel for growth and leaning on social support, anyone can become a psychologically resilient entrepreneur.
A trauma-informed approach to education can help educators acknowledge and address the adversities faced by Black and Indigenous students.
Research shows that people with more flow in their lives had a higher sense of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientists are beginning to explore what happens in the brain during flow.
Parents can take a page from psychological research on trauma and recovery to help kids struggling with pandemic life.
Harsh economic conditions at home and false picture of rosy life in Europe contribute greatly to illegal migration by Nigerian youths
We like to think there’s a silver lining to tragedy – and this may be influencing both how studies on post-traumatic growth are constructed and how subjects are responding.
The College Board is adding a new ‘adversity score’ to the SAT to take students’ socioeconomic backgrounds into account. Will the move correct long-standing disparities in the college entrance exam?
Childhood adversity doesn’t just affect our choices – according to new research, it also weakens the body’s fundamental ability to stay healthy in old age.
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Hope College
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Researcher in Social Epidemiology, University of York
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Head of Department of Management, Deakin Business School, Deakin University
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Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
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Associate Dean for Equity and Justice, University of Pittsburgh
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Professor of Psychology & Senior Research Fellow, Program for Leadership and Character, Wake Forest University
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Senior Researcher, University of South Africa
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Senior lecturer, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Assistant Professor of Management, University of Windsor
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Professor of Human Development and Family Science, Oklahoma State University
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Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Oklahoma State University
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Assistant Professor of Communication and Cognitive Science, University of California, Davis
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Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurship & International Management, Old Dominion University
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Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, King's University College, Western University
