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Augmented Depression Therapy vs Cognitive Behavioural Therapy



This article examines Augmented Depression Therapy as an alternative to current depression psychotherapies which fail to target anhedonia symptoms and wellbeing deficits.





Keywords: Depression anhedonia, Wellbeing, CBT, Psychotherapy, RCT

Category: Psychologist

How our stereotypes influence our judgements



This article looks at counter-exemplars on implicit group stereotypes and how they influence the way we judge others.





Keywords: Stereotypes, judgment, relationships, beliefs

Category: Psychologist

Parenthood and traditional gender roles



This study examines what happens to partners’ domestic labour and the gender housework gap when it is the female partner who is the relatively higher earner, specifically after the transition to parenthood.





Keywords: Work, employment, society, traditional norms

Category: Psychologist

Violence against public health workers

This article quantifies the prevalence of job-related threats, harassment, and discrimination against public health workers and measures the association of these incidents with mental health symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic Keywords: job-related threats, harassment, discrimination, COVID-19 pa…
Category: Psychologist

The difference between expert gestalt therapists and in-training gestalt therapists

This study looks at the difference, in beginner therapists vs experienced students and psychotherapists, in empathy, resonance, and bodily awareness as measured by The Aesthetic Relational Knowledge Scale (ARKS) Keywords: aesthetic relational knowledge; Gestalt psychotherapy; psychotherapy training…
Category: Psychologist

New ways of learning since the pandemic



An investigation into how student-related factors, such as coping strategies as well as sociodemographic, contextual, and technological variables, are linked to digital education





Keywords: education; COVID-19; remote education; well-being; multiple regression

Category: Psychologist

Digital literacy, problematic smartphone use and life satisfaction

This study focused on the concept of digital literacy to explain the positive effect of smartphones and the concept of problematic smartphone use (PSU) to explain the negative effect of smartphones. Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic; digital literacy; problematic smartphone use; life satisfaction
Category: Psychologist

Different priorities during COVID of laid-off professionals vs those in stable jobs

This article examines common assumptions about job prioritization in the wake of crisis-related job instability and discovered that job-unstable workers were more likely to prioritise passion for work over job security or salary Keywords: COVID-19 pandemic, cultural beliefs about work, passion prin…
Category: Psychologist

Retirement and Physical Activity

This article looks at whether health behaviours contribute to the subjective well-being of older adults, and whether there is any gender difference in physical activity for older adults. Keywords: physical activities, health behaviours, subjective well-being, older adults, socio-economic status
Category: Psychologist

Companion animals and their impact on well-being and life satisfaction

This study explored explored trends in companion animal–human relations during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on whether caring for a pet was associated with quality of life, as well as factors influencing positive or negative outcomes. Keywords: companion animals, COVID-19, mental health, pets,…
Category: Psychologist