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Originally Published 3 months ago — by PsyPost
A study found that childhood experiences influence adult grit through emotional regulation, with positive experiences enhancing resilience and negative ones hindering it, highlighting the importance of emotional skills development for fostering perseverance.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by PsyPost
A new study published in PNAS Nexus has identified key predictors, including age, gender, emotional state, personality traits, and cultural exposure, that can forecast when individuals will experience aesthetic chills with 73.5% accuracy. The research, conducted in Southern California with 2,937 participants, revealed that higher arousal and positive valence were associated with an increased likelihood of experiencing chills. The study aims to harness these peak emotional experiences for therapeutic purposes, particularly in the context of major depressive disorder, and is using predictive models to design personalized interventions. Despite its regional focus, the study's comprehensive approach sheds light on the multifaceted nature of chills elicitation and aims to utilize aesthetic chills as a nonpharmacological tool to enhance positive emotional experiences and support mental health recovery.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by PsyPost
A new study published in the Journal of Eating Disorders suggests that individuals with lower self-esteem and heightened obsessive perfectionism are more susceptible to orthorexia nervosa tendencies, a pathological fixation on healthy eating. The study, which included 977 participants from Italy, Lebanon, and Poland, found that those with high levels of obsession-compulsion and perfectionism, alongside low self-esteem, were significantly more prone to exhibit orthorexia nervosa tendencies. Geographical differences also emerged, with participants from Lebanon showing higher orthorexia nervosa tendencies. The study highlights the importance of assessing self-esteem, obsessive–compulsive symptoms, and perfectionism in individuals with orthorexia nervosa tendencies and suggests that interventions aimed at building self-esteem and reducing obsessive–compulsive and perfectionism symptoms may benefit those at risk.