Can Thinking About Other People’s Positive Traits Reduce Racial Bias? Thinking about someone’s good qualities can have a ripple effect you might not expect.
A New Rock in College Students’ Shoes: Poor Program Design Students enter college hoping it will be a positive and life-changing experience. But some end up experiencing acute psychological distress. Why?
Good News: It’s Possible to Enhance Your Self-Esteem! Beyond a simple fashion phenomenon, techniques to increase self-esteem in adults are truly effective.
Surviving Your Loss by Looking to Your Past Our memories can be a valuable resource, even during the most challenging times.
Rob Chavez Rob Chavez is an assistant professor at the University of Oregon and director of the Computational Social Neuroscience Lab.
Get Self-esteem With a Little Help From Your Friends (and Vice Versa) Did your childhood relationships shape your self-esteem today? And has your self-esteem shaped the relationships you have today?
From Overwhelmed to Self-affirmed: How Expressing Our Deeply Held Values Can Clear Our Heads Research shows that encouraging people to reflect on what they care about reduces the psychological burdens of stigma and poverty.
How Can We Forgive Others? Self-compassion as a Step Toward Forgiveness Self-compassion―treating ourselves compassionately―seems to help us release repetitive thoughts about someone who hurt us and fosters forgiveness of the person.
The Potential Benefits of Remembering that “Everybody Hurts” Everybody hurts after experiencing rejection, but self-compassion may help with that pain.
Why We Should Listen Well When Other People Disclose Prejudice Talking about prejudice can bring up fears of being “canceled” or ostracized, but with an open listener, it can lead to positive outcomes.