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Why Holidays Don’t Have to Be ‘Happy’

Samuel Gladding is no Scrooge, but he is on a mission to redefine what it means to be “happy” during the holidays. Gladding, chair of the counseling department at Wake Forest University and an expert on family counseling, says research shows that it is the pressure to be happy that often leads to sadness and even depression during the holidays.

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An Environmentalist in Favor of More Consumption

Would the world be better if people consumed less? In his new book, Treasures of the Earth, University of Vermont professor Saleem Ali says no. He argues that disavowing consumption of oil, gems, precious metals, and minerals won’t help in planning for a resource-scarce future.

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Counselors Address Mental-Health Crisis in Developing Countries

Worldwide, more than 450 million people live with unmet mental health care needs. Wake Forest University Counseling Professor Donna Henderson co-developed a training course with easy-to-follow lessons that helps nonprofessional community volunteers in developing countries respond to mental health issues.

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This Thanksgiving, Lug your Luggage Safely

Carrying and Lifting Tips to Keep you Injury-free this Holiday Season

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Shifting Blame is Socially Contagious

New study from University of Southern California and Stanford University finds blame spreads rapidly.

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Elders Happier With Long-Term In-Home Care From Family Versus Professionals

A new study co-authored by University of Virginia economics professor Steven Stern suggests that you shouldn't assume a home-care professional can better care for your parent than you can.

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Coaches Can Shape Young Athletes' Definition of Success

Young athletes’ achievement goals can change in a healthy way over the course of a season when their coaches create a mastery motivational climate rather than an ego orientation.

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Ending the 'Endless Adolescence': Psychologists Tell How in New Book

Parental nurturing is backfiring, and as a result a generation of teens is growing up less independent, less skilled at common tasks – from doing laundry to choosing college classes – and increasingly unprepared for adulthood. "We call it 'the Nurture Paradox,'" University of Virginia clinical psychologists Joseph Allen and Claudia Worrell Allen write in their new book, "Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How to Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old."

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Studies Link Parental Monitoring & Low Teen Marijuana Use

Many studies have focused on parents as being the best avenue for preventing adolescent marijuana use. According to a new meta-analysis, there is in a fact a strong, reliable link between parental monitoring and decreased marijuana usage in adolescents.

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