A key ingredient to improving couples' marriages might just be gratitude, according to new University of Georgia research. The study was recently published in the journal Personal Relationships. "We found that feeling appreciated and believing that your spouse values you directly influences how you feel about your marriage, how committed you are to [...]
By Shane G. Owens, Ph.D., ABPP We are making great strides in preventing the things that kill Americans, except in stopping suicide. Since the turn of the century, we've gotten worse at suicide prevention. It is the 10th leading cause of death, claiming 44,193 lives in 2015, and is the second leading cause of [...]
By Shane G. Owens, Ph.D., ABPP A kid's death by suicide is very rare. While none of us wants to dwell on the possibility of a kid's death, suicide is preventable if you know what puts a kid at risk and how to tell if there's an imminent risk of suicide. Here are [...]
Source: University of Lincoln Men with problem and pathological gambling addictions are more likely to have suffered childhood traumas including physical abuse or witnessing violence in the home, according to new research. Psychologists examined responses in a survey of more than 3,000 men on a variety of life factors, and found that just over [...]
Parents of teens may struggle letting go of the reins when it comes to their children’s health checkups, a new national poll suggests. Just 34 percent of parents say their teen discussed health concerns privately with a doctor without them in the room, and less than 10 percent say their teens can complete their [...]
Self-esteem effects so much more than just a child’s personality. Self-esteem is one of those cyclical things. With great self-esteem tends to come confidence in their school work. With confidence in their work comes good grades. With good grades comes… high self-esteem! It is a magical thing. It can be a painful thing to watch [...]
Many members of the Yellowbrick.me community have expressed interest in learning the science behind parental support. And so we interviewed an expert in this area – Shervin Assari, MD, MPH – who was happy to teach us a little about how being a supportive parent affects child obesity. But what exactly is parental support? “It is [...]
Children need sleep. This is an immutable fact that's been discovered by many parents and one that Park (2009) stresses must be applied. In order to obtain the necessary amount of sleep to function, a child must be taught to acclimate to a set bedtime, and a set time to wake up in the morning. [...]
With each new generation of kids there are always new challenges to be faced. Despite the fact that the first text message was supposedly sent in 1992, it would not become a preferred method of communication until a decade later. Even in the early 2000s texting was still in its infancy, though its popularity began [...]
Source: American Academy of Pediatrics Research presented at the 2017 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting suggests online health information can influence whether parents trust a diagnosis made by their child's doctor, potentially leading to delayed treatment. The study abstract, "Paging Dr. Google: The Effects of Online Health Information on Parental Trust in Pediatrician' Medical [...]
