Fragile sense of self-worth also drives people to conspiracy theories
https://www.statnews.com/2017/03/08/trump-wiretapping-tweets/ Research has also found that conspiracy beliefs are more common among people with certain personality traits. “Agreeableness,” for instance, is defined as being considerate, trusting, willing to compromise, and caring about getting along with others. People who score low on measures of this trait tend to pick fights and see enemies everywhere. A fragile…
Cultural stereotypes female sex offenders are believed only to be coerced by male aggressors.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/truth-female-sex-offenders/ It has become, sadly, typical to hear of appeals for information on male sex offenders – yet when the perpetrator is female, it always seems much more shocking. But why? The fact is most people know very little about female perpetrated sex crimes and what they do know is often far from accurate. Female…
Wellington Boys Try Trump Defense: Only Locker Room Talk
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/326207/wgtn-school-boys-suspended-for-‘filming-women-teachers’ Gerard Tully, the rector of St Patrick’s College at Silverstream, confirmed that a “small number” of year nine students had been suspended after a “most distressing incident of sexual harassment.” Mr Tully would not give further details of what happened, but said his absolute priority was for the safety, support and recovery of the…
OCD is far from just a personality quirk
Busting the myths about #OCD with the SANE Help Centre. #mentalhealth #mentalillness #Mythbuster https://t.co/VtGMBV44Yt — SANE Australia (@SANEAustralia) February 22, 2017 While obsessions and compulsions about orderliness and cleanliness are common in OCD, there are many other ways people can experience OCD, and the reason is more consequential than just liking things neat and tidy.People…
Underrecognized Inspirational Value of Persistence
How being creative feels to us and the actual progress we’re making can be two different things. https://t.co/sBYnZRHrMk — Psychology Today (@PsychToday) March 7, 2017 The studies demonstrated under-prediction of the “creative yield” that might be achieved through persistence across many different types of creative tasks. Why do we show such a consistent failure to…
North Korea taunts world with expanding missile program
N. Korea taunts world with expanding missile program https://t.co/XY1q6V2VGT – @PHancocksCNN reports #TheLead — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 6, 2017
Psychological Horrors of Six-Year War on Syrian Children
BREAKING: New Study Documents Psychological Horrors of Six-Year War on Syrian Children https://t.co/gdmqai1qng #SaveSyriasChildren pic.twitter.com/d6TczmmoDi — Save the Children US (@SavetheChildren) March 6, 2017 Save the Children and its Syrian partners interviewed more than 450 children, adolescents and adults across seven regions in Syria for “Invisible Wounds,” the largest and most comprehensive study undertaken inside…
Soldiers in his former hometown in the Democratic Republic of Congo tortured him, then took turns raping him.
Kampala, Uganda – The expression on Moses Kamba’s face is cold and hard, and there is a bitter tone in his voice when he talks. Five years ago, soldiers in his former hometown in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo killed his parents, imprisoned and tortured him, then took turns raping him. “They…