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Online warning increasingly alert users to potentially disturbing content

A short history of trigger warnings

Do people need psychological protection from material that might evoke strong emotions?

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Published in: Society
Tags: Emotion, Technology, Trauma, Wellbeing

Self-esteem among narcissists is ‘puffed up, but shaky’

Narcissism has two faces, neither of them attractive. Narcissists have an inflated sense of self-worth, seeing themselves as superior beings who are entitled to special treatment. But that sense of self worth is easily undermined

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Published in: Health, Society
Tags: Emotion, Mental illness, Personality, Personality disorders

Father throwing up daughter in the air outdoors

The art of mindful parenting

Bringing mindfulness to the challenges of children can help parents to better enjoy the precious early years

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Published in: Family & relationships
Tags: Emotion, Family, Mindfulness, Parenting, Relationships, Stress, Tips, Wellbeing

A growth mindset can affect our health.

How to boost your wellbeing – the benefits of a growth mindset

Insights from positive psychology reveal the factors that can help people be happier and more satisfied.

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Published in: Health, Learning & development
Tags: Behaviour, Behaviour change, Cognitive psychology, Emotion, Learning, Mental health, Positive psychology, Wellbeing

Emotions can affect our physical health.

How being positive improves your health

A growing body of evidence reveals feeling happy is linked with better physical and psychological health.

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Published in: Health
Tags: Emotion, Happiness, Health, Mental health, Positive psychology, Wellbeing

Restraint is a form of assault, says expert

Why restraint is not the solution

Use of physical restraint in detention settings is outmoded, according to a leading expert, and amounts to a physical assault that would be unacceptable in any other setting.

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Published in: Health, Society
Tags: Behaviour, Behaviour change, Bullying, Clinical psychology, Crime, Culture, Emotion, Mental health, Public health, Trauma, Violence

Playing to your strengths makes you a better leader.

Strengths-based leadership: Create a thriving workplace culture

A strengths-based approach to leadership is more effective than the traditional method of focussing on performance weaknesses. To help organisations grow and thrive we need to tap into people’s strengths.

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Published in: Work & performance
Tags: Behaviour, Behaviour change, Coaching psychology, Emotion, Innovation, Management, Organisational psychology, Performance psychology, Positive psychology, Wellbeing, Work

Advertisers can influence our behaviour but they can't make us buy things we don't want

How advertisers use psychology to entice us to buy

Advertisers play on emotions and our desire to be part of the in-group, but contrary to what you might think, they’re not trying to make us buy things we don’t want.

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Published in: Society
Tags: Behaviour, Consumer psychology, Emotion

Children learn eating habits early, which can include associating eating with emotions or activities.

Mind the doughnut: emotional eating is a habit that can start in childhood

Creating associations between food and emotions is easily done but can set up children for a lifetime of unhealthy eating.

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Published in: Health
Tags: Eating disorders, Emotion, Obesity

Fear of death is one of our greatest fears as humans.

Everything dies and it’s best we learn to live with that

Fear of dying – or death anxiety – is often considered to be one of the most common fears. Interestingly though, neither of the two widely used diagnostic psychiatric manuals, DSM-5 or ICD-10, has a specific listing for death anxiety.

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Published in: Society
Tags: Anxiety, Culture, Death, Emotion

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