Parents of the 10- to 17-year-old crowd are often bewildered by their scions' immersion in the virtual world. "You might peek into your kid's room, and your kid is on MySpace and they're talking on the phone and they're texting and IMing and there's music coming from the iPod--basically, you're seeing kids who are so [...]
For most children and teenagers, using the Internet has joined watching television and talking on the phone in the repertoire of typical behavior. In fact, 87 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds are now online, according to a 2005 Pew Research Center report. That's a 24 percent increase over the previous four years, leading parents and [...]
Parents planning to ground their teenagers at home for their latest antics might want to consider dropping them off at the mall instead. Being away from the computer may put quite a damper on their social life, according to new research suggesting that teens who use the Internet to communicate may have better friendships than [...]
In the 1980s, asbestos, solvents and pesticides were the most commonly cited topics in occupational health journals. Today, psychosocial health and musculoskeletal issues top the citations. Addressing those concerns and many others was the focus of the ninth annual Work, Stress and Health conference, held March 6-8 in Washington, D.C., and co-sponsored by APA, the [...]
In today's economic upheavals, downsizing, layoff, merger and bankruptcies have cost hundreds of thousands of workers their jobs. Millions more have been shifted to unfamiliar tasks within their companies and wonder how much longer they will be employed. Adding to the pressures that workers face are new bosses, computer surveillance of production, fewer health and [...]
That's the holidays this year, with many people both blue and broke—the usual melancholy compounded by the highest jobless rate in three decades and a jackknifing stock market. "Mental health problems are common and spike more often during the winter months not only because of the holidays, but also because of seasonal affective disorder," said [...]
You can react to change and upheaval at work in two ways. You can feel dumped on and sorry for yourself, and then lash out at coworkers or hide under a desk until the problem goes away—which it probably won’t. Or, you can take another approach—with much better results. What's that approach? Understand that change [...]
Most people have thoughts and dreams about how their lives ought to be. When things don't work out the way they had pictured, they tend to blame other people or situations. They don't realize that the bad feelings come from their own thinking. "When things are bad, people say to themselves, 'Things aren't the way [...]
When tragedy strikes with the death of a loved one, a serious illness or a job loss, some people fall apart, while others adapt to such life-changing events more easily. Being resilient is what makes the difference. "Resilience is the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy or significant stress—it means [...]
An estimated 750,000 American teens and young adults are problem gamblers according to researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions. Problem gambling is defined as gambling associated with three or more negative consequences, such as gambling more than you intended or stealing money to gamble. The national telephone survey of almost 2,300 [...]