Pornography use begets loneliness

Pornography use begets loneliness

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/experimentations/201803/4-ways-porn-use-causes-problems Further, pornography use begets loneliness, and loneliness begets pornography use. Butler, Pereyra, Drap, Leonhardt, and Skinner (2018) in Pornography Use and Loneliness: A Bidirectional Recursive Model and Pilot Investigation surveyed 1,247 participants in English-speaking countries around the world to develop a sophisticated statistical model of how various factors related to loneliness and pornography use….

WHO plan to include gaming in ICD 11

WHO plan to include gaming in ICD 11

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/modern-mentality/201803/world-health-organization-considers-gaming-disorder The World Health Organization plans to include Gaming Disorder (link is external) in the upcoming International Classification of Diseases (link is external) (ICD-11). The contentious debate of whether or not to include the diagnosis persists beyond the WHO’s decision. This means that many elements, such as being willing to get the best setup you…

Breakups: there are a number of common traps people fall into.

Breakups: there are a number of common traps people fall into.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/love-sex/break-up-how-to-get-over-someone-fast-you-like-relationships-psychology-a8240891.html When it comes to tackling heartbreak, Winch adds that there are a number of common traps people fall into. Here, the author gives his top six tips to avoiding these and start your road to recovery ASAP. Do NOT check up on them on social media. This will reinforce your ex’s presence in your…

Ghosting your way out a relationship

Ghosting your way out a relationship

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/close-encounters/201803/what-do-we-know-about-ghosting Not surprisingly, most people found ghosting to be an unacceptable way to end a relationship. However, how acceptable people found it to be depended on the type of relationship. In the first study, 28 percent of respondents felt it was acceptable to ghost after just one date, whereas only 4.7 percent felt that it…

A pillow should keep your neck parallel to the mattress, rather than bent down or up

A pillow should keep your neck parallel to the mattress, rather than bent down or up

Find the pillow shape & filler that works best for you! https://t.co/bdUBK9PYI7 — Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) March 4, 2018 1. Pillows that adapt to your position are best Cervical contour pillows work best for most people, he says. Your head rests in a depression in the center. Your neck rests on either a less elevated…

What processes in early childhood lead individuals to become who they are?

What processes in early childhood lead individuals to become who they are?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfillment-any-age/201802/3-core-facets-narcissism-malignant-adaptive That ironic tendency of narcissism to become a topic demanding constant attention was aptly summarized by Zlatan Krizan and Anne Herlache of Iowa State University, who note in the opening of their 2018 study that “the narcissistic personality stubbornly persists in puzzling psychologists attempting to understand it, all the while perplexing clinicians attempting to…

Archbishop of Canterbury: why do #US #fundamentalists #support #Trump

Archbishop of Canterbury: why do #US #fundamentalists #support #Trump

Archbishop of Canterbury cannot understand why US fundamentalist Christians support Donald Trump https://t.co/HmKrBuSX6O — Telegraph News (@TelegraphNews) November 26, 2017 The Most Rev Justin Welby said he “really genuinely” had no explanation foe how the US President has secured such a significant support base amongst church-goers. He made the admission as described the Mr Trump’s…

Criticism of the Duluth Model

Criticism of the Duluth Model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duluth_model Criticism of the Duluth Model has centered on the program’s insistence that men are perpetrators who are violent because they have been socialized in a patriarchy that condones male violence, and that women are victims who are violent only in self-defense.[15] Some critics argue that “programs based on the Duluth Model may ignore research…

NZ top five democratic rankings of 2017

NZ top five democratic rankings of 2017

#Nordic countries top the democratic rankings of 2017 https://t.co/vpJAnWl65X #democracy pic.twitter.com/Hj8fG3Zrag — World Economic Forum (@wef) March 4, 2018 Nordic countries have topped the list of this year’s Democracy Index 2017, taking four out of five of the top spots. Norway came out top, closely followed by Iceland and Sweden. New Zealand was the only…