Couples who work from home at least one day a week are having more children and planning larger families, according to a comprehensive new study spanning almost 40 countries. The research, co-authored by King’s College London academic Dr. Cevat…
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Could working from home help reverse declining birth rates?
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Loneliness linked to fear of embarrassment, teen research reveals
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First field training officer may set use-of-force habits, study suggests
A field training officer is a special kind of cop. They have to be both patrol officer and mentor, as they teach recruits who are fresh out of the police academy how to put their lessons into practice. Much like mentors in other fields, these…
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The role of self-compassion in the relationship between resilience and negative affect
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Large language models have the potential to level the playing field in consumer financial complaints
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Associations between early-life adversity, coping strategies, and adult mental health, brain, and cognition
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Intentional versus passive technology use patterns differentially predict attentional control and psychological well-being
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Making gender even louder | Nature Reviews Psychology
It is funny to look back on one’s own work and apply the critical lens usually reversed for the work of others. This is inevitable during a PhD: graduate students have to grapple with and make sense of the choices and thoughts of an earlier…
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Does the establishment of pilot-free trade zones improve urban carbon emission efficiency?
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