Obese persons are regularly associated with laziness and inactivity in Ghanaian society.
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Non-standard ways of speaking are often deemed inferior, affecting schooling, social lives and job prospects.
Intellectual self-image matters because it’s often a self-fulfilling prophecy: if you think you can’t, you won’t.
Skin-shade prejudice can have a lasting impact both on people’s self-confidence and on who they in turn find attractive. Understanding how it works is key to resisting it.
Comparing ourselves to people who are worse off than we are on social media should make us feel better. The opposite is true.
A growing body of research points to the body’s natural cannabinoid system as the primary driver behind the runner’s high – and the mental health boost and stress relief following exercise.
Ample research demonstrates the harms Instagram causes teen girls, especially around body image. Meta is now facing the consequences of knowingly marketing a harmful service.
Teaching circus arts — from juggling to trapeze — in physical education classes increased children’s physical literacy, resilience and participation, with greater gender equity.
A new study finds that women are just as likely as men to assume something’s wrong with a woman who decides she wants to sleep with a handful of partners.
Relying solely on job placement as an indicator of successful intervention misses out on outcomes that are equally important, or more so, amid high structural unemployment.
Good mental health is the ability to adapt to changes and stress. Whatever school looks like, parents can help keep kids’ social-emotional development on track in these four areas.
The perception that you are negatively treated because of your background is psychologically damaging.
Psychologists have identified the characteristics of ‘moral rebels’ who make the tough choice to stand up for their principles in the face of negative consequences.
On your daily walk take in real people. It might make you kinder to your own body during the Coronavirus lockdown
Early intervention with reading challenges has very high success rates for supporting reading development, but it is much more difficult to improve reading skills in older students.
“Sadfishers” are people who post sensitive or emotional personal material online to gain sympathy or attention. But this behaviour might actually indicate a deeper psychological issue.
Do your Instagram viewing habits trigger joy or guilt? New research shows that viewing body positive content may actually improve women’s body image – at least in the short term.
A study in Kenya found that the lower men ranked themselves in society, the more violent they were with their intimate partners.
Bullying isn’t just linked to depression and anxiety, it can also lead to more subtle effects such as problems with trust and self-esteem.
Encouraging and supporting failure can make your child more resilient, better able to cope and help them grow.
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