Self-love - not bans - will bring an end to Africa’s bleaching syndrome
At the root of the skin bleaching phenomenon is a psychological complex.
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Social media can damage body image – here’s how to counteract it
Social media can have a damaging effect on body image, but the way to protect against that is learning how to view images critically.
How cultural diversity can help to boost body confidence
How learning languages and travelling abroad can help you have a better relationship with your body.
Is social media making people depressed?
Social media can be a force for good, but you need to be careful how you use it.
Remember: a bad memory is actually good for you
Memories help you gloss over those ugly bits with minimum fuss.
Why the curvy new Barbie is good news for your little girl
This plastic matters: girls as young as three-and-a-half associate thin dolls with being smart and heavy dolls with being sad.
Why is it so tough for some to exorcise the ghosts of their romantic pasts?
New research highlights how the pain of a breakup can linger for years.
When do children show evidence of self-esteem? Earlier than you might think
Parents take note: most kids develop a sense of self-esteem as early as age five.
Summer babies are schooled in low self-esteem
Britain is trying to reduce the disadvantages which burden kids born in July and August. But why does it matter so much?
Borderline personality disorder is a hurtful label for real suffering – time we changed it
Diagnostic labels usually describe symptoms, attempt to answer the question of what is wrong, and lead to a treatment plan. But "borderline personality disorder" fails on all three counts.
To build children’s character, leave self-esteem out of it
In the last few months the UK’s two main political parties have entered into an apparent bidding war over which of them can elevate the teaching of character highest on their educational agendas before…
Damned if you do and damned if you don’t – why body image needs regulation
Our obsession with women’s weight and attractiveness manifests in different ways in the media, including being sold images that are far removed from reality and often impossible to achieve, or focusing…
A flirter’s dilemma: subtlety vs. success
Research shows: people are really bad at noticing when someone is flirting with them.
Anabolic steroid use is not just about bodybuilding
The use of anabolic steroids has been associated primarily with men. But over the past few decades, we’ve been discovering more about different groups who use these drugs – including women and younger…
From pro athletes to amateur exercisers, a sports psychologist explains how to up your game
The Conversation organised a public question-and-answer session on Reddit in which Andrew Lane, professor of Sport Psychology at Wolverhampton University, discussed subjects from the Suarez bite to getting…
Children with low self-esteem respond worse to overpraise
Overly positive, inflated praise such as “terrific!”, “you did incredibly well!”, “perfect!” is very common in western countries. At first glance this might not seem a bad thing; heaping praise can only…
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