A new international online survey published in the Journal of Affective Disorders gives voice to the lived experiences of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Our mind wields a remarkable influence over our well-being. Its ability to ...

Do you complain about everything? Do you know someone who is just always in a negative frame of mind, no matter what? Let's start out with the fact that there's necessary complaining and unnecessary ...

Source: Zeyad Taha/Unsplash Why does bad news often overshadow good news? Psychologists point to the negativity effect—the tendency for negative events to impact us more strongly than positive ones.

A new study finds menopause symptoms to be very frequently reported by female endurance athletes, with many perceiving a negative effect on their training and performance. The findings are published ...

Even brief exposure to negative social media comments can trigger immediate anxiety and mood drops in adults, especially younger users, new research reveals. Study: An experimental online study on the ...

Carolyn Sharp and her husband at their home in Seattle. Source: Judy Lee/Used with Permission Let’s get real for a minute: Humans are really annoying. We are selfish, competitive, and very judgmental.

RSM Visiting Scholar Jeffrey Hall studies whether chat negativity and the degree to which live chat rule sets encourage active (vs. passive) involvement influence participants’ willingness to react to ...

Why is all the news so negative? Maybe it’s because journalists are naturally drawn to aberrations — outliers from the norm — and those tend to be more bad than good. After all, a flight landing ...