Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a crucial aspect of human social interaction. Parents and educators often wonder how teenagers develop this essential skill and ...

Expanding knowledge of brain and child development, along with growing evidence regarding effective interventions to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families, led the National Academies of ...

Adolescence is often seen as a period when parents step back and peers step in. Yet in many parts of the world, parents ...

Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children's cognitive and emotional development. Recent research in Psychological Science expands on past ...

Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children’s cognitive and emotional development. Recent research in Psychological Science expands on past ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Julie Bowker, PhD, a professor of psychology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, has received a three-year, $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation ...

Mechanism Underlying the Influence of International Travel on Adolescents’ Learning Emotion and Attitudes: A Social Learning Theory Perspective Against the backdrop of increasing cross-cultural ...

A study in China found that junior high school students who recall more maternal touch in childhood tend to manifest more prosocial behavior. Attachment to mothers might be a mediator of this ...