The way you present yourself could be costing you a great career. Believe it or not, the way you present yourself could be costing you a great career. Many job seekers–and even those already ...

The “Black Wife Effect” isn’t magic or myth. Psychology explains why close relationships can change how we show up.

A collaborative faculty-student research project studying the relationship between undergraduate student-athletes’ and student-musicians’ self-presentation and their mental health has won Hope College ...

OFTEN, there is a need for each of us to present ourselves and to make a good impression from the point of view of other people. Social psychologist Erving Goffman refers to this as the “presentation ...

Opportunities to compose, assemble, and network our lives have expanded exponentially since the advent of Web 2.0, in ways that challenge our understanding of the practices of self-representation. In ...

Intimacy can be defined as the ability to meet yourself when you are near someone else (aka Into-Me-See). Some therapists distinguish between two types of intimacy: other-validated and self-validated.

Rates of self-harm did not increase during the Covid-19 pandemic despite initial fears it would drive an increase in suicidal behaviour, according to a new report. However, young women in the 15-19 ...

Feeling down? According to researchers, a visit to Facebook is likely to make you feel much better about yourself. No, really. Love it or hate it – most of us hate it – and Facebook may give us ulcers ...

When his company vice president requested a presentation to the executive team, William (not his real name) felt a familiar twinge of anxiety. Because William was aware he used too many filler words, ...

You’re probably familiar with self-serving bias, even if you don’t know it by name. A self-serving bias is the common habit of a person taking credit for positive events or outcomes, but blaming ...