Grip Strength of Children Gives Clues about Their Future Health

Adolescents with a strong hand grip — an indicator of overall muscle strength — have better odds of being healthy over time, according to a two-year study of 368 elementary school children. A simple, non-invasive measure of grip strength can...
9-Aug-2018 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Stop, Look and Listen -- Maybe Even Taste -- Before Posting Adventures on Social Media

Quick! Snap a selfie and share the sensations! Or not. If you want to preserve the memories, process before you post, says a Baylor University psychologist.
23-Jul-2018 2:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Are Birth Mothers Satisfied with Their Decisions to Place Children for Adoption? Time Will Tell, Study Says

There is consensus among adoption researchers that for many birth mothers the experience of placing their children for adoption brings feelings of grief, loss, shame, guilt, remorse and isolation. Any level of satisfaction (or lack thereof) in such...
8-Jun-2018 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Baylor University’s Truett Seminary Announces 12 Most Effective Preachers in English-Speaking World

The 12 most effective preachers in the English-speaking world have been identified in a survey by the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Scholars of homiletics made the selections...
2-May-2018 1:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Feelings of Ethical Superiority Can Lead to Workplace Ostracism, Social Undermining, Baylor Study Says

A new Baylor study published in the Journal of Business Ethics suggests that feelings of ethical superiority can cause a chain reaction that is detrimental to you, your coworkers and your organization.
24-Apr-2018 4:15 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Where People Live Is More Influential than Where They Worship in Shaping Racial Attitudes

Whites in multiracial congregations have more diverse friendship networks and are more comfortable with minorities — but that is more because of the impact of neighbors and friends of other races than due to congregations’ influence, a Baylor...
23-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Who Are the Best Gift-givers? Not Who You’d Think, Says Baylor University Marketing Research

People who are “secure” in interpersonal settings are most likely to engage in social projection (making choices on behalf of others based on their own preferences). Those who are “anxious” are less likely to assume that others share their...
6-Apr-2018 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Making a Leap from a High-Ability High School to a College of Lesser Academic Status Can Be a Real Downer

Making the transition from high school to college may be stressful — but it can be downright depressing for students who graduate from a school with peers of high academic ability and wind up at a college with students of lesser ability, according...
29-Mar-2018 12:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites