Meanness in girls can start when they still are toddlers, a Brigham Young University study found. It found that girls as young as 3 or 4 will use manipulation and peer pressure to get what they want. ...

Searching for meaning in your life? It may take longer than you think to find it. The researchers found a U-shaped curve, showing that people at age 60 reported the highest presence of meaning and ...

You may think you're a mean drunk. Or a funny drunk. Or even a mellow drunk. But do other people see you that way? A new study by psychologists at the University of Missouri found that many of the ...

Annenberg Public Policy Center researchers find evidence that "TV drama may transport viewers emotionally into the imagined world of TV shows in a way that creates fear of crime beyond the influence ...

What makes an education intervention evidence-based? Over the last 20 years, that question has moved front and center as more federal and state agencies require programs to show evidence of ...

Last month, TV stations and internet outlets got hold of a piece of news positing that most dogs do not like being hugged by their owners. It was reported as a "study," meaning, at least in the minds ...