MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'college students'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118712&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F08%2F09%2Ffacebook-tied-to-poor-mental-health-in-teens-kids%2F You know it’s a good time of the year for psychology “news” when the American Psychological Association holds its annual convention. Why? Because they push out a bunch of sexy press releases about presentations at the conference. Case in point, “Social Networking’s Good and Bad Impacts on Kids,” a presentation that presents a seemingly-random selection of research findings about social networking websites like Facebook from the past few years. This quickly gets turned into an exclusive focus on the negative aspects of the talk — “Facebook tied to poor mental health in teens: What parents must know” (CBS News), “Too Much Technology Breeds Health Problems in Teens” (Patch.com), and of course the inevitable, “Is constant &#82... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118712 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:43:50 +0100 5118712 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5057763&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F23%2Fsallie-mae-markel-and-dewar-discriminate-against-people-with-mental-illness%2F Sometimes you just have to shake your head — the more things change, the more they stay the same. It can really be depressing to see how, 3 years after the federal mental health parity act was passed, the company known primarily for underwriting students loans — Sallie Mae — is discriminating against people with a mental illness. It’s doing so through one of its myriad of products called tuition refund insurance, something that allows you to reclaim up to 100 percent of your tuition if an illness strikes you while you’re in school. But not just any illness — it has to be a physical illness. If a mental illness strikes you, you will only get 75 percent of your tuition returned. There’s a silver lining on this cloud… suggesting change may be fo... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5057763 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:42:04 +0100 5057763 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5036278&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F16%2Fexpectation-affects-our-food-likes-and-dislikes%2F What is expectation assimilation? It’s the notion that our taste perceptions are biased by our imagination, and if you expect a food to taste good it will.  However, expectation assimilation also works in the opposite direction.  If you expect a food to taste unpleasant it will (Wansink, 2006). At a cafeteria in Urbana, Illinois, 175 people were given a free brownie dusted with powdered sugar (Wansink, 2006).  They were told the brownie was a new dessert that may be added to the menu.  They were asked how they liked the flavor and how much they would pay for it.   All of the brownies were the same size and had the same ingredients.  However, the brownies were served on a china plate, on a paper plate or on a paper napkin. Those who received the brownie on a china plate said t... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5036278 Sat, 16 Jul 2011 10:28:53 +0100 5036278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008312&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F07%2F05%2Fapproaches-to-knowledge-interview-with-nathaniel-b-jones%2F Dr. Brian Jones has a PhD in exercise science and is a full-time professor at the University of Louisville where he teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses. He approaches all his courses with a scientific mindset, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking. Recently, Dr. Jones sent me a file containing one of his lectures on critical thinking. The lecture was for college students, but after reading the file I thought the subject matter would be great for everyone to know, not just those who are attending college. In the following interview, we discuss important points on critical thinking and approaches to knowledge. I think most people know that the media is not the best source for reliable information.  Yet, many seem to almost exclusively turn to the media for knowledge. ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008312 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:22:38 +0100 5008312 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4747650&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F04%2F24%2Fwillpower-self-control-can-be-learned%2F I’m a little astounded by how quickly some people are willing to just throw up their hands and, rather than learning how to gain more willpower and self-control in their life, use technology tools as a substitute for learning those skills. Or suggesting how we seem to be at the mercy of social networking sites, which have some sort of undeniable power over us, our choices and our behaviors. I’m talking about the article in today’s Boston Globe from Tracy Jan bemoaning how college students nowadays are “tangled in an endless web of distractions.” The article reads like college students are saying, “The Internet and Facebook are just too darned addicting, I can’t help myself!” It’s gotten so bad that some college professors — even a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4747650 Sun, 24 Apr 2011 16:49:05 +0100 4747650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4693287&cid=t_140767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbritish-women-would-trade-longer-life-for-thinner-bodies%2F2011.04.08 College-aged women in the UK say they would trade longevity for an ideal body weight. 320 women studying at 20 British universities (ages 18-65; average, 24.49) completed a survey in March. The research, conducted for new eating disorder charity The Succeed Foundation, in partnership with the University of the West of England (UWE), found that nearly 30% of women would trade at least one year of their life to achieve their ideal body weight and shape: –16% would trade 1 year of their life –10% would trade 2-5 years –2% would trade 6-10 years –1% would trade 21 years or more (more…) *This blog post was originally published at ACP Internist* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4693287 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:00:00 +0100 4693287 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545011&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F03%2F03%2Fmechanical-turk-to-the-rescue-of-psychology-research%2F One of the problems faced with psychology research — really, with all medical research — is finding enough appropriate subjects to study. Subjects have to be obtained in a way that is representative of the population as a whole for research findings to be generalizable. Which is a real problem, because as I noted back in August 2010, there are literally thousands of psychology studies based upon nothing more than a bunch of college students from a single campus at a university in the U.S. While young adults who are attending college may indeed help us understand some aspects of human behavior, you can’t just assume that the behaviors you observed in those studies apply to 60-year-old women and men too. Enter Amazon.com’s Mechanical Turk service to the rescue. Can te... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545011 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:21:54 +0100 4545011 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4460005&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F10%2Fcan-you-fake-feeling-remorse%2F An offender in the criminal justice system often seeks to portray themselves as feeling remorse, especially when it comes time for sentencing in front of a judge, or parole hearings and the like. It may be easier to relate to someone who feels genuinely sorry for their crime. And it may be easier to show some mercy to a person who appears to be displaying genuine remorse. Deception is also a good part of any skilled criminal’s behavioral toolkit, because dumb, honest criminals don’t usually last long. So how can you detect whether someone is feeling genuine remorse, versus deceptive remorse in order to gain some favor with another person? Canadian researchers from the University of British Columbia and the Memorial University of Newfoundland set to find out. In the first inve... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4460005 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:07:29 +0100 4460005 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214105&cid=t_140767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgerms-kids-and-school%2F2010.11.30 Everyone knows that when it comes to germs and kids, it can sometimes be difficult to limit the spread of infection — especially in a school or daycare setting. In this video, I talked with local TV news last week about germs and kids, and about preventing infections in college students during finals week:   If you find this video helpful, I invite you to check out my other videos at MikeSevilla.TV. Enjoy! *This blog post was originally published at Doctor Anonymous* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214105 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 4214105 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4175696&cid=t_140767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Falcoholic-energy-drinks-health-hazards-and-bannings%2F2010.11.17 In this video, you will see an interview I was asked to do on November 11th on local TV about alcoholic energy drinks like Four Loko that has been in the news recently. I talk about the potential harmful effects of the ingredients of a product like this. As of this posting there have been a number of states, colleges, and universities who have taken steps to ban these type of beverages.   At the end of the interview, I talk about how I don’t think banning a product like this is going to solve the problem. In the article “Banning Four Loko Doesn’t Solve Problems,” Alex Belz from The North Wind explains: It seems these health officials are either unaware of or choosing to ignore the fact that combining a caffeinated beverage with an alcoholic one is a time-tested... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4175696 Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:00:00 +0100 4175696 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4082134&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F19%2Fwhat-research-can-you-believe%2F There’s a fascinating article in the Nov. 2010 issue of The Atlantic by David H. Freedman that examines the world of medical research and that suggests much of our empirical, research-based knowledge may be flawed. Anyone who reads World of Psychology regularly already knows about the problems in a lot of industry-funded studies. But this article suggests that the problems with peer-reviewed research go far deeper than simple for-profit bias. Scientists are biased in many, many ways (not just for monetary gain). And this bias inevitably shows up in the work they perform — scientific research. This is not a new drum to beat for me — I’ve talked about researcher bias in 2007 and how researchers design studies to find specific results (this example involved researchers... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4082134 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:30:10 +0100 4082134 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3929271&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F09%2F02%2Fstatistics-about-college-depression%2F Since it is going back-to-school season, I thought I’d educate you on some alarming statistics about depression among college students. Here are the facts, just the facts: One out of every five young people and one out of ever four college students or adults suffers from some form of diagnosable mental illness. About 19 precent of young people contemplate or attempt suicide each year. Suicide is the third leading cause of death among people ages 15-24, and the second leading cause of death in college students ages 20-24. Over 66 percent of young people with a substance use disorder have a co-occurring mental health problem. Teens diagnosed with depression are five times more likely to attempt suicide than adults. Over two-thirds of young people do not talk about or seek help for men... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3929271 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:42:34 +0100 3929271 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3915071&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F30%2Fnarcissistic-college-students-spend-more-time-on-facebook%2F It probably comes as little surprise to anyone, but a small exploratory study done on 100 college students from a single university suggests that students who score higher on a test of narcissism also spent more time checking and updating their Facebook profile. Facebook is currently the world’s largest social network, with over 500 million users. More than 50% of Facebook’s active users log on to Facebook in any given day, while the average user has 130 social connections (what Facebook calls “friends”). The researcher (Mehdizadeh, 2010) also examined the relationship between narcissism and self-esteem, as well as gender differences in how people use Facebook for self-promotion. “Self-promotion,” according to how it was used in this study, was defined a... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3915071 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:50:52 +0100 3915071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907642&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F26%2Fthe-transition-year-an-interview-with-courtney-knowles%2F Earlier this year, The Jed Foundation and the American Psychiatric Foundation launched one of the newest mental health resources on the Web, The Transition Year. Recently, I was able to talk with Courtney Knowles, the Executive Director of The Jed Foundation, to get the skinny on this one-stop shop and why its contents are so beneficial for both students and parents before, during, and even after the college years. There’s a never-ending line at the bookstore. Posters announcing football schedules and Greek rush events are posted every couple of feet. Meal cards are being swiped every few minutes and music is blasting down the hall from the room where two longtime roommates are, once again, haggling over who’s in charge of buying the toilet paper. Yep, it’s that time of year again: ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907642 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:36:42 +0100 3907642 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3876652&cid=t_140767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhealthcare-advice-for-college-bound-kids%2F2010.08.17 Sending a child off to college? Call your lawyer first. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal: After a few clients ran into difficulty getting information about adult children who were ill, Sheila Benninger, an attorney in Chapel Hill, N.C., began recommending that clients’ children designate a health-care power of attorney after they turn 18 to identify who can speak for them if they can’t. She also includes a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, release form that allows patients to determine who can receive information about their medical care and whether information about treatment for substance abuse, mental health or sexually transmitted diseases can be disclosed. You don’t have to use a lawyer. Generic health-care power-of-attorney forms ca... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3876652 Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:00:00 +0100 3876652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827121&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F08%2F05%2F5-tips-to-end-the-summer-well%2F While the season of summer still has more than a few weeks to go, the reality of summer is quickly coming to an end. School is starting, parents are out shopping for their kids’ new clothes and school supplies already, and college students are preparing for their annual return to campus. What’s a person to do with the last few remaining weeks of summer? Well, I can’t tell you what to do or not to do, but I can offer these five tips for ending your summer well. Whether they work for you or not, you won’t know until you try them. But it’s a good bet that you be disappointed with the results if you only try. 1. Finish what you started. Sometimes we find ourselves putting off the end of a project because we believe we’ll always have time “later.”... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827121 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:20:49 +0100 3827121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742286&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F10%2Fwhy-we-like-to-keep-busy%2F Do people like to keep busy for no reason? Or is being idle okay with most of us? Psychological researchers (Ysee et al., 2010) set to find out. In two experiments with college students, researchers discovered that we can be happy doing nothing at all and remaining idle. But given even the slimmest of reasons to be busy doing something, and most people will opt for doing something over nothing. The researchers also found that people were happier when they were busy, even if they were forced into busyness. How can people be happy being busy, if that busyness serves no purpose? In the first experiment, researchers had 98 students fill out surveys individually, and then gave them a choice before filling out a second survey 15 minutes after completing the first — they could drop off the... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742286 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:30:19 +0100 3742286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3721819&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F07%2F02%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-july-2-2010%2F No matter how much I try, time keeps getting the best of me. It’s chased me through spring and followed me into July. And now we’re here — a few days before the big 4th of July weekend. Here’s where time really got me. There’s no way to escape it just like we can’t run away from the madhouse of our world right now. But we can make choices. We can choose to really embrace our lives, no matter how chaotic and stressful it is and how helpless and overwhelmed we feel. And we can decide to celebrate and cherish small joyous moments like the fact that it’s sunny out or that there are no disasters going on right at this minute. A friend and I were joking about how much the news is a downer. It feeds right into our insecurities and anxieties and makes us f... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3721819 Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:38:52 +0100 3721819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632145&cid=t_140767_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F06%2Fcolleges-hope-to-lure-owls-offer.html (Source: Sleep Education) Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632145 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 13:00:00 +0100 3632145 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3611908&cid=t_140767_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ffor-high-school-graduates-education-first-career-second%2F2010.05.29 It’s here again: High school graduation season — that annual rite of passage for high schoolers coast to coast to embark upon that much-anticipated journey from home to that first true independent step outside the safety net of their childhood communities. What always amazes me is the pressure high school kids feel as they embark upon this journey and how often I hear these kids express anxiety over not knowing what they want to be “when they grow up.” And, let’s not forget that we are still talking about kids — these are still teenagers, still developing and maturing. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Dr. Gwenn Is In* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3611908 Sat, 29 May 2010 18:00:04 +0100 3611908 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3556157&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F05%2F11%2Fpower-increases-hypocrisy%2F We’ve all heard the expression, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” The common wisdom is that the more power a person accumulates, the more they feel justified in their actions and motivations. “I can do what I want, because after all, why else would I have this kind of power?” But can research show a cause-and-effect relationship? Can an experiment demonstrate the slippery moral slope that people with power have also increases their moral hypocrisy (e.g., a failure to follow one’s own expressed moral rules and principles)? Psychology to the rescue! Indeed it can. In a series of five experiments by Lammers et al. (2010), Dutch researchers tested the following hypothesis on college students… We propose that power increases hypocri... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3556157 Tue, 11 May 2010 16:15:04 +0100 3556157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3501563&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F04%2F24%2Foff-the-internet-for-24-hours%2F What happens when you take 200 journalism students and cut them off from the Internet for 24 hours? It’s something I might call “information anxiety,” because the students expressed a great deal of anxiety in the narratives they provided the researchers after the experiment was over. (But I would be quick to add, I’d never consider this a ‘disorder’ — just a simple, predictable result of removing an important set of tools we’ve come to rely on from our everyday world.) “Students expressed tremendous anxiety about being cut-off from information,” observed Ph.D. student Raymond McCaffrey, a former writer and editor at The Washington Post, and a current researcher on the study. “One student said he realized that he suddenly ‘had less in... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3501563 Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:34:08 +0100 3501563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3200285&cid=t_140767_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Fcollege-students-parents-sleeping-in.html Earlier this week Michelle Slatalla wrote in the New York Times about how her sleep was disrupted when her two older daughters came home from college for winter break.The nocturnal habits that her daughters developed as teens had escalated. At 3 a.m. they texted, made phone calls, played video games and watched TV as if it were daytime.“It seems as if my husband and I live in a completely different time zone from our children,” Slatalla lamented.AASM secretary/treasurer Dr. Nancy Collop told Slatalla that these habits tend to reinforce a late-night schedule.“There are lots of environmental issues that play a role in altering people’s sleep patterns,” said Collop. “The most obvious would be the computer.”Light is an important timing cue for the brain. It is a signal that tells... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3200285 Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:04:00 +0100 3200285 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3163835&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F01%2F11%2Fwhy-do-youth-have-more-mental-health-issues%2F News out today suggests that, based upon responses to the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), youth today have more mental health issues than those who took the test in 1938. Here’s the summary: Pulling together the data for the study was no small task. Led by Twenge, researchers at five universities analyzed the responses of 77,576 high school or college students who, from 1938 through 2007, took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, or MMPI. The results will be published in a future issue of the Clinical Psychology Review. Overall, an average of five times as many students in 2007 surpassed thresholds in one or more mental health categories, compared with those who did so in 1938. It’s no wonder that a test developed 70 years ago may not accuratel... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3163835 Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:02:59 +0100 3163835 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3136519&cid=t_140767_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F01%2Finsomnia-cookies-for-college-students.html Late nights will be common as college students head back to campus for the winter semester. Whether studying or partying, sleep is often put on hold.Hungry students typically have to choose from the three late-night food groups: pizza, burgers and tacos. But on some campuses a company is delivering cookies and milk for students who crave something different after dark.The idea began in 2003 when some students at the University of Pennsylvania began baking cookies for their friends. Soon other students started calling.So they began delivering late-night cookies and milk across campus. Insomnia Cookies was born.Now the company has expanded to nearly 20 campuses. Cookies and milk are being delivered to night owls at schools such as Cornell, NYU, Purdue and South Carolina.But hunger isn’t th... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3136519 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 11:53:00 +0100 3136519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3033485&cid=t_140767_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F11%2Fcaffeine-alcohol-caffeinated-cocktails.html Campus life at college tends to involve poor sleep and sleep deprivation. Often caffeine and alcohol are a part of the problem.Each substance by itself can be disruptive to sleep. Now a popular trend among college students is to combine the two together.Some make their own “caffeinated cocktails” by mixing alcohol with high-caffeine energy drinks. Others simply buy caffeinated beer.A 2007 study surveyed 496 college students. Results show that 54 percent of energy drink users consumed the drinks with alcohol while partying.In 2008 more than 4,200 college students completed a Web-based survey. Results show that 24 percent of current drinkers reported mixing alcohol with energy drinks.The belief is that caffeine blunts the negative effects of alcohol intoxication. But is this true?In a st... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3033485 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:46:00 +0100 3033485 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2846423&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F29%2Fare-women-really-more-selective-in-dating%2F We’ve long been told that women are more selective when it comes to the men they choose to date. But what if at least a part of that selectivity is due simply to environmental factors and social norms — factors that could be easily manipulated? For instance, might approaching — rather than being approached — in a dating situation make individuals less selective? Finkel & Eastwick (2009) set about to answer just that question with an experiment designed to test whether a potential partner’s “choosiness” was due in part to whether they were the ones doing the choosing or not. They corralled 350 college students into 15 speed dating events for their study. Participants went on 4 minute “speed dates” with approximately 12 opposite-sex ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2846423 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:00:05 +0100 2846423 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793216&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F09%2F14%2Fwhy-women-and-men-fake-orgasm%2F Chances are that if you’ve been in a relationship, and you’re a woman, you’ve probably faked an orgasm. But did you know that men fake them too? The research that brings us this important sexual discovery was conducted at the University of Kansas on 180 male and 101 female college students. The students completed an anonymous survey about their sexual habits. Not surprisingly, some of the college students were still virgins — 15 percent of men and 32 percent of women surveyed had not yet had intercourse. Of the students who had had sex, nearly 30 percent of men reported faking an orgasm, compared to 67 percent of women. Some of the participants admitted they also faked orgasm not only during regular sex, but during oral sex, manual stimulation and phone sex as well... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793216 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:32:48 +0100 2793216 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2741428&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F08%2F27%2Fcan-you-multitask-probably-not-well%2F Everyone multitasks to some degree or another. Whether you watch TV while cooking dinner, or talk on your phone while browsing through a website, we all do it sometimes and feel fairly comfortable with it. I’d hazard to guess that most of us even think we deal with it pretty well. For things that don’t really matter much, we’re probably right. But multitasking has shown to affect our ability to learn new information. And the more we multitask, the more stressed we generally become. New evidence published this week adds more evidence to the downsides of multitasking, especially if you multitask a lot. The researchers conducted a series of three experiments on 100 college students. (Yes, take the study’s results with a grain of salt since college students may not be r... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2741428 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:26:30 +0100 2741428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2691281&cid=t_140767_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fback-on-campus-stress-sleep-college.html A new study shows that sleep problems will be common as college students return to campus for the fall semester.The study involved 1,125 students at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. They completed an online survey about their sleep habits, mood, health and related factors.Results show that more than 60 percent were poor sleepers; these students were much more likely to have problems with their physical and mental health. Taking medications to sleep better also was common.What was the primary cause of sleep problems? The authors report that students “overwhelmingly stated that emotional and academic stress negatively impacted sleep.” Data analysis revealed that tension and stress were significant predictors of sleep quality.The study also shows that students were sleep de... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2691281 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:38:00 +0100 2691281 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2594476&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F07%2F12%2Fswearing-reduces-pain%2F Back in March, I reported on a study by Timothy Jay describing how and why humans swear. As a researcher studying swearing for 35 years, Jay had some interesting insights. Now add one more reason to the list — we swear not merely as a reaction to pain, but because it can actually reduce our sense of pain. The new finding comes from research that tested the hypothesis with a bunch (67) of college students and some ice cold water. Students were given a choice when they plunged their warm hands into the freezing water — chant a neutral word, or repeat a swear word instead. Those students who chose to swear reported less subjective pain than the neutral word chanters, and could endure the icy cold water with their hands for about 40 seconds longer on average. Some researcher spec... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2594476 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:51:54 +0100 2594476 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2507273&cid=t_140767_146_f&fid=38266&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsleepeducation.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fvirtual-reality-video-games-sleep-loss.html A study that was presented this week at SLEEP 2009 in Seattle, Wash., reports that excessive video-game playing can interfere with your sleep. The study involved 137 college students. They had an average age of 22 years; 63 percent were women. Casual game players were compared with excessive game players. “Excessive” was defined as playing more than seven hours per week. Results show that almost 13 percent of participants reported that they are addicted to gaming. These participants slept one hour less on weekdays than other gamers; they also reported feeling sleepier during the day. In general, excessive gaming was associated with more sleepiness. But study author Amanda Woolems told the AASM that only some of these college students realized that they were losing sleep. “Of th... Sleep Education blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2507273 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:20:00 +0100 2507273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2405418&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F12%2Fyour-facebook-page-is-a-mirror-reflection-of-how-well-liked%2F Can the Internet offer a mirror into your personality? Apparently, the answer is yes, according to recently published research. The researchers conducted the experiment on 37 undergraduate students who were interviewed and rated on how likable they were. Their Facebook pages were also independently rated on how likable they were. The key finding was that participants rated as more likable in the flesh also tended to be rated as more likable based on their Facebook page. Moreover, an analysis of the cues used to make these judgments also showed parallels between the two mediums. Video-recordings of the face-to-face contacts suggested it was participants who were more non-verbally expressive (through facial expression and tone of voice) who tended to be rated as more likable. Similarly, ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2405418 Tue, 12 May 2009 13:36:38 +0100 2405418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2240891&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F03%2F05%2Flonely-people-find-no-comfort-in-chatting-with-online-strangers%2F A new study published in CyberPsychology & Behavior suggests that college students who were primed to imagine lonely feelings didn’t find any relief from their loneliness when chatting with strangers online. Subjects in the study who had high trait loneliness found some relief from talking to strangers face-to-face, but their loneliness increased after texting with strangers online. People with low trait loneliness experienced no significant difference between the two conditions (talking with others face to face or online). Trait loneliness refers to when a person fails to establish satisfactory personal relationships with others for two or more consecutive years, reflecting problems in relating to other people. Trait loneliness (also known as chronic loneliness) appears to be ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2240891 Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:19:47 +0100 2240891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513383&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Fhigh-school-grads-buying-the-right-computer-for-college%2F By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog A Case of Mistaken Identity Now that he has completed his first year of college, our son realized that he bought the wrong laptop to take with him. He is still trying to figure out what he going to do for his second year. You can be better informed. The questions you need to answer to find the right computer are in this article: What’s the Best Computer for a New College Student in 2008? (Source: 3GenFamily Blog) 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513383 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:34:04 +0100 2513383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1531307&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F19%2Fhigh-school-grads-buying-the-right-computer-for-college%2F By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog A Case of Mistaken Identity Now that he has completed his first year of college, our son realized that he bought the wrong laptop to take with him. He is still trying to figure out what he going to do for his second year. You can be better informed. The questions you need to answer to find the right computer are in this article: What’s the Best Computer for a New College Student in 2008? (Source: 3GenFamily Blog) 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1531307 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:34:04 +0100 1531307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1389035&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F21%2Fnew-3genfamilycom-our-new-website-is-now-live%2F By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog 3GenFamily Blog has moved to a new location on the web. Please come visit us at 3GenFamily.com Long Distance Caregiving for a Parent While Raising Teens and Balancing Work and Home The past 16 months has been an amazing and eventful time for me as a long distance caregiver for my 83 year old father, parent of two teen boys, spouse and juggler of work and home life. When I started this blog, I had no idea I would meet so many dedicated and fascinating people also working to get the best information into the hands of readers like you. Because there is still a huge need for real answers to many of life’s toughest situations, I am expanding this blog to meet those needs. While I am grateful to Wordpress.com for having a perfect place to start a blog, it is... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1389035 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:27:15 +0100 1389035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2513384&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F21%2Fnew-3genfamilycom-our-new-website-is-now-live%2F By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog 3GenFamily Blog has moved to a new location on the web. Please come visit us at 3GenFamily.com Long Distance Caregiving for a Parent While Raising Teens and Balancing Work and Home The past 16 months has been an amazing and eventful time for me as a long distance caregiver for my 83 year old father, parent of two teen boys, spouse and juggler of work and home life. When I started this blog, I had no idea I would meet so many dedicated and fascinating people also working to get the best information into the hands of readers like you. Because there is still a huge need for real answers to many of life’s toughest situations, I am expanding this blog to meet those needs. While I am grateful to WordPress.com for having a perfect place to start a blog, it is... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2513384 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:04:34 +0100 2513384 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1352065&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F04%2F04%2Fwas-your-son-or-daughter-rejected-by-a-top-college%2F By CK Wilde for 3GenFamily Blog. April is a gut-wrenching month for any high achieving high school senior applying to colleges. After pouring heart, soul and thesaurus into college essay after college essay, the student waits anxiously for the results. Big 9 x 12 envelope with acceptance letter and paperwork or flat #10 envelope with a rejection letter? These days, notice is more likely to come by email or on your password protected section of the college’s website. Your student logs in and cheers exultantly . . . or groans in pain. Watching From the Sidelines Parenting your teen through this process is like watching him or her nervously step up to bat in a softball game for the first time. Is it a home run, or a single or an out? Receiving the acceptance letter feels like a home run... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1352065 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:09:45 +0100 1352065 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349656&cid=t_140767_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F263634164%2F A new study to be presented at the British Psychological Society’s Annual Conference in Dublin has found that “people who showed more signs of games addiction exhibit the following personality traits: neuroticism, lack of extraversion and lack of agreeableness”—all of which are signs of Asperger’s Syndrome, today’s Next Generation reports. I do have to say that, when I asked my college students what they had done over Spring Break, the main response (after “sleep”) was “play video games.” To which I responded: I have played video games exactly one time in my life. I played Sonic the Hedgehog at a friend’s. In the words of her boyfriend: “I’ve never seen anyone lose so quickly.” But I can type 100 words a minute... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349656 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 23:38:09 +0100 1349656 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1068777&cid=t_140767_109_f&fid=35677&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FBrainBasedBusiness%2F%7E3%2F194744323%2Fchimps_beat_college_students_i.html The finals are in for working memory tests between chimps and college students and overall the chimps won. Yikes! Researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa showed how 5 and 7 year old chimps scored better in memory tests than humans … on several tests and multiple occasions.Check out the tests to see how numbers appeared for a brief period and participants were to  touch white boxes over numbers in correct order. When numbers appeared for about seven-tenths of a second, the chimp and the college students tied for correct answers 80 per cent of the time. Then the time was shortened and the chimps quickly became champs. Even when numbers flashed very briefly the chimps  remembered where numbers were located. I’m not sure from this research ... whether we should be pr... BrainBasedBusiness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1068777 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:14:54 +0100 1068777 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1062870&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F11%2F30%2Fdoes-it-matter-where-your-son-or-daughter-goes-to-college%2F Our local newspaper added a ton of heat to the controversy that rages this time of year about which college a high school senior should attend. The headline read: Forget the Ivy League: Most Valley CEOs Went Public. Right now, high school seniors everywhere are polishing essays to impress those soon-to-be bleary eyed college admissions staff, many of whom will read more essays than ever before. Our children born in 1989 (4 million babies born) and 1990 (4.2 million babies born) are part of a boomlet almost as large as the late baby-boom year of 1961 when 4.3 million babies were born. Consequently, colleges are seeing more applications than previously and turning down top candidates they would have welcomed just a few years ago. Admissions directors expect this to continue until t... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1062870 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:14:35 +0100 1062870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=927889&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F10%2F04%2Fthe-cure-for-helicopter-parents-of-college-students%2F With the start of a new school year at universities and colleges in the US, there have been a flurry of news reports and newly released books discussing the problems that “helicopter parents” are causing. These parents are so named because they are still hovering around trying to take care of their students who are attending college. But, it is not just a parent problem. It is a child problem, too. For many of these college freshmen, this is the first extended time away from family. If they are not used to using a coin laundry, locating and taking public transportation or foraging for food on their own, freshman year becomes a struggle to learn about living alone along with studying and adjusting to a new social structure. Some students are natural adventurers, but others are... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=927889 Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:09:04 +0100 927889 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=882617&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F18%2Fsending-a-son-to-college-i-didnt-know-it-would-be-painful%2F We stood for a long moment at the entrance to airport security. At eight thirty five p.m., the usual bustle of this busy airport had slowed to a trickle of passengers and flight crews tired and happy to be home.  There were also a few travelers preparing to take a “red eye”, one of those late evening flights of last resort when you absolutely need to be at your destination at a certain time. My tall, curly haired 18 year old was preparing to board a late night flight alone to the East Coast to begin college.  He had traveled on his own last Spring on a decision making trip to choose between two great schools.  But, this felt so different from other times he has travelled. “Try to get some sleep on the plane going to Chicago,” I reminded him for the third... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=882617 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:11:28 +0100 882617 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=807338&cid=t_140767_158_f&fid=36021&url=http%3A%2F%2F3genfamily.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F11%2Fare-banks-encouraging-teens-to-fall-into-debt-trap%2F My tall, quiet 18 year old is getting ready to fly across country to begin his four year undergraduate adventure. From the time he was a baby, my husband and I have tried to encourage positive financial habits — saving half of his gifts and earnings, comparison shopping, buying only items that he really needs, even selling used video games on eBay before buying a new one. Number 1 Son has accumulated a small amount of savings, encouraged by the several banks with which we have had accounts. Children’s savings accounts are usually free of charges to get the child into the habit of thrift. Until your son or daughter turns 18, that is. Then, they are fair game. My son’s story began a few months ago when UBOC sent him a letter saying that they were automatically convert... 3GenFamily Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=807338 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:22:33 +0100 807338