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Positive psychology focuses on science-based ideas about how to increase your happiness and live a satisfying life. Studies are following how school-based interventions affect students.
Models shows that some 4 million people in the US have lost a grandparent to COVID-19. But until now, there has been a dearth of research into the mental health effects of losing a grandparent.
Schools and teachers are reporting increased cases of ill-discipline and behavioural problems as a result of the challenges pupils experienced during the pandemic. Here’s what can be done.
Children don’t have to be in physical danger for disaster images to have a powerful psychological impact.
Research shows climate change is already affecting the healthy psychological development of children worldwide. Children’s mental health risks will only accelerate as climate change advances.
From rabbits to maggots, school pets are common but we need to think of them as partners, not resources
After more than a year of isolation and empty schedules, some kids might be apprehensive or anxious about interacting with the outside world. Psychology experts provide tips to ease the transition.
Anxiety about starting school is common – among both children and parents. This can be for many reasons, but it’s useful to keep in mind exposure to our fears helps reduce anxiety.
A professor reflects on his four decades of working with families dealing with grief and how the program he helped set up could be applied today.
Global experts in child development say recess will be critical for children’s well-being when schools reopen, so education authorities should see planning recess as a high priority.
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Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Florida International University
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Research Scientist (Diversity and Equity in Schools), Diversity Insitute, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Research Officer at Medical School, Swansea University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Western University
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Professor of Education, The University of Melbourne
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Research Professor; Regents' Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
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PhD Student in Population, Health and Place, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Dean's Professor of Sociology and Professor of Spatial Sciences, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Campus and Secondary Principal at the International School of Geneva's La Grande Boissière, Research Associate at the University of Geneva's department of Education and Psychology, Université de Genève, Université de Genève
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Professor of Sociology, Demography and Social Data Analytics, Penn State
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Honorary Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University
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Professor of Psychology, Florida International University
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Professor of Psychology and Director of the Child and Adolescent Mood and Anxiety Treatment Program, University of Miami
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Associate Professor, Psychosocial Difficulties, University of Oslo
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