Trusting in other people and institutions improves well-being across the lifespan, pointing to the importance of building ...

What’s the difference between distraction and avoidance? When people use avoidance, their intention is to not deal with the ...

Educators across the U.S. are quietly finding ways to combine different approaches to promote whole-school well-being.

Self-love is hard to define and measure—and for some scholars, that’s a good reason to keep studying the concept.

Enter the well-timed new book Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life, by sociologists Alicia M. Walker ...

Health policy expert William H. Dow breaks down the consequences of the One Big Beautiful Bill and how states might respond.

It's tempting to avoid or suppress conflict in our relationships, workplaces, and society. But that often leads to bigger ...

A new study finds that people who reflected on how they grew from the COVID-19 pandemic showed less depression and inflammation.

Psychotherapist and storyteller Satsuki Ina describes how she and her family moved beyond shame to advocating for immigrants ...

It’s back-to-school season, and if you have a teen or even know one, they’re probably feeling a little anxious. New class schedule, new classmates, new expectations. These days, when anxious teens ...

Victor Strecher, a behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, lost his 19-year-old daughter to a sudden heart attack in 2010; she had been living with a rare heart ...

A new study suggests that children as young as five favor adults who express doubt when unsure rather than those who are overly confident.