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Feeling younger protects against damage from stress for middle-aged and older adults. (In brief. Feeling younger buffers against stress. Monitor on Psychology, 2021, 52(6), p.14). finebergpsychotherapy.com

Chinese Philosopher Zhuang Zhou: Happiness is the absence of striving for happiness. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Non-suicidal self-injury, like cutting, seems to be contagious among adolescents. (In brief. Socially contagious self-harm. Monitor on Psychology. 2021, 52(2), p. 16. http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Intellectually precocious children who had skipped one or more grades were thought to suffer social and emotional harm as adults. However a longitudinal study lasting over 35 years and one over 25 years actually showed that adults who had skipped were even better adjusted than their age-matched peers. (In brief. Skipping grades doesn’t stunt social growth. Monitor on Psychology, 2020, 51(8), p. 12) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Research in the journal Emotion found that earning more money does make people happier. The more money. the happier the subjects were. (In brief. Money now buys happiness. Monitor on Psychology, 2020, 51(8), p. 11) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Findings from eleven experiments with 1200 online subjects found that people avoid feeling empathy for other people because of the emotional and cognitive effort it demands. (In brief, Monitor on Psychology, 2019, 50(7), p. 13) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

When you try to read the emotions of others, especially if they are strangers, careful thinking tends to be more accurate than intuition.(Hutson, M. Don’t go with your gut. Scientific American Mind, 2017, 28(2), p. 8) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com

Ecuador scored first as the world’s most empathetic country; the USA scored 7th; and Lithuania scored last of the 63. (In brief. Empathy around the world. Monitor on Psychology, 2017, January, p. 12) http://www.finebergpsychotherapy.com