Latest News from: American Psychological Association (APA)

How quickly you spend your savings in retirement may have as much or more to do with your personality than whether you have a lot of debt or want to leave an inheritance.

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Keywords: retirement and finances, Retirement, Finance, Psychology, Personality

Are younger adults who cultivate numerous connections with friends, families and acquaintances through online social networks any happier than older adults who have smaller circles of face-to-face relationships? The answer may be no, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Keywords: Social Networks, Social Relationships, social satisfaction, Older Adults, Younger Adults

Strained relationships with parents, siblings or extended family members may be more harmful to people’s health than a troubled relationship with a significant other, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association.

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Keywords: Family, Family Stress, Relationships, relationships and health, love, intimate relationships, Health, Psychology

A year before the 2020 presidential election, Americans report various issues in the news as significant sources of stress, including health care, mass shootings and the upcoming election, according to this year’s Stress in America™ survey by the American Psychological Association (APA). More than half of U.S. adults (56%) identify the 2020 presidential election as a significant stressor, an increase from the 52% of adults who reported the presidential election as a significant source of stress when asked in the months leading up to the 2016 contest.

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Keywords: Stress, Stress and Anxiety, Healthcare, mass shooting, Election, Politics, politics and anxiety, Psychology, psychology & social behavior

Middle-aged adults who show symptoms of borderline personality disorder may be at greater risk for a heart attack, as they show physical signs of worsening cardiovascular health more than other adults, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

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Keywords: Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychology, Heart Attack, Heart Disease, Mental Health

People are less likely to support an organization after an ethical failure if the business is led by a woman, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. However, organizations led by women endure less negative backlash for competence failures than those headed by men.

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Keywords: Business, CEO, Business Failure, Ethical Business Leader, Ethics, ethical behavior, Women, psychology & social behavior

Following is the statement of Rosie Phillips Davis, PhD, president of the American Psychological Association, marking World Poverty Day: “World Poverty Day represents an opportunity for us to examine our biases, move beyond our individual selves and identify the systemic, underlying mechanisms driving income insecurity. Psychological science can help address the structural barriers and cognitive processes that perpetuate poverty and generate solutions."

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Keywords: Psychology, Poverty, poverty alleviation, poverty and health, psychology & social behavior

Danielle S. McNamara, PhD, has been named the inaugural editor of the new journal Technology, Mind, and Behavior, to be published by the American Psychological Association.

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Keywords: Psychology, Journal, Technology, Behavior, Psychological, Research

Does having close friends boost your self-esteem, or does having high self-esteem influence the quality of your friendships? Both, according to a meta-analysis of more than two decades of research, published by the American Psychological Association.

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Keywords: Self-esteem, Social Support, social acceptance, Relationship, positive relationships, Psychology, Personality, Social Psychology, Social