Social Sciences and Psychology

Researchers examine the long-term demographic consequences of the Colombian armed conflict for those who survived the violence.

UCalgary scientist says research could be used for conservation and herd management Strong social networking plays an important role in human relationships.

Young children who grew up in slavery on Surinamese plantations were much more likely to die if they were without a mother. This is evident from a historical analysis of Surinamese slave registers by researchers at Radboud University and Wageningen University & Research. Their work was published this month in Demography. The presence of grandmothers, aunts and uncles also significantly increased children's chances of survival.

Study reveals that shame is more than a symptom, and can lead to other consequences A study by a McGill University research team into the role shame plays in persistent childhood sexual abuse trauma suggests that shame management should be an important part of treatment.

Psychology Pregnant women react more positively than non pregnant women when exposed to audio recordings, videos, and images of infants. This suggests that pregnancy mentally prepares women to process infant signals, according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen and the Psychiatric Centre Copenhagen.

A few years ago, researcher Maya Gislason's young child came home from school with her crayon drawing of the Earth in 2020 and 2050. "The first was blue and green; the second was a planet on fire," she says.

Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds a study led by UCL researchers.

Research led by the University of Valencia has identified three key human strengths that determine psychological well-being: perspective, kindness and gratitude, integrated into a way of life aligned with values and virtues such as ethics, generosity and practical wisdom. The study, which employed a meta-analytic methodology, has been published in Clinical Psychology Review , one of the world-s leading journals in clinical psychology.

How does language impact moral dilemmas? Dr Irini Mavrou and Professor Andrea Revesz (both UCL Ioe), along with a colleague, explore the cognitive and emotional processes behind moral judgement by bilingual speakers.

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