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Classroom assessment is a major source of student stress. Research suggests redesigning assessments around psychological needs may improve well-being.
Noise concerns have tanked several data centres proposed in residential areas in Australia. But is the noise just annoying, or is it bad for our health?
Constant urban noise causes chronic stress, and poorer areas are exposed to more of it.
Small challenges can activate cells’ protective systems. Scientists are exploring whether food compounds and medicines can make use of this effect.
You can build resilience that will work with the changing rhythms in your life.
Around 20% of adults procrastinate regularly. Yet a lot of what we hear about this common behaviour is wrong.
There’s been a rise of shingles cases among adults aged 25–49. Why aren’t they eligible for a free vaccine?
Whether students feel pressure to get good grades or keep up with classmates, the anxiety this effort produces can have long-term effects on their brains.
Singing does something measurable to your body and brain, whether you are alone, harmonising in a choir, or singing with your friends at a karaoke bar.
A new study finds gaming supports mothers’ stress relief, skill development, and wellbeing, but parental duties and domestic labour still limit their play.
Mindfulness can improve health and well-being, but it may not work for everyone. Buddhist teachings suggest that how it is practiced – and who guides it – matters.
Why a shattered body and a racing mind so often arrive together at 2am – and what the science says can help.
Mental health problems keep people off work around five times longer than other types of injuries.
Research shows acute psychological stress can rapidly alter blood clotting in healthy people.
Understanding how female baboons benefit from social bonds helps humans understand their own origins.
Dogs and cats both give you a brief mood lift, but only one of them seems to raise your stress levels too.
Personal time can be an important resource that helps parents manage stress, regulate emotions and maintain their health while meeting the demands of family life.
A 10-year study of nearly 3,000 Canadian workers finds that sleep quality and diet do more to protect health under chronic work stress than exercise.
Australians’ sense of job insecurity is now as bad as it was in COVID, when unemployment hit 6.4%. Yet there are steps that can help turn fear into action.
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, retired, University of California, San Francisco
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Associate Professor (Adj) He/Him, Southern Cross University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba
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Senior Research Fellow in Mental Health, Victoria University
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Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor, Psychosocial Difficulties, University of Oslo
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences, Wayne State University
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Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Honorary Professor, Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Macquarie University
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Senior Lecturer in Sport & Exercise Psychology, Sheffield Hallam University
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Business psychologist, Lancaster University