Category Archives: Psychology

Psychology

A new UGA study found that children's fear of rejection shapes how they conform to academic expectations and behave in peer groups.

 Psychology April 04, 2025

Fear of rejection influences how children conform to peers

Image of August Jenkins working at a desktop.

 Psychology October 25, 2024

The Investigator: Jenkins puts her mind to use for health equity

Image of a child and mother playing with building blocks and toys.

 Psychology October 23, 2024

How you interact with your kid could shape how they play with their peers

Drew Abney

 Psychology September 12, 2024

Drew Abney bridges parenting, teaching & psychology through research

A family group with the Strong African American Families (SAAF) group meets in Compton, New Jersey. The Center for Family Research is involved with many intervention programs like SAAF.

 Psychology August 27, 2024

Center for Family Research enters its 5th decade

UGA researchers analyzed survey responses and brain imaging data to assess how the part of the brain that detects threats and regulates emotions, known as the amygdala, reacts under conditions simulating the experience of racial discrimination.

 Psychology June 12, 2024

Black youth are paying an emotional toll due to racism

Grey paper air planes flying with one red plane moving up and away from the grey planes.

 Psychology January 30, 2024

Understanding differences in nonconformity

 Psychology December 20, 2023

Family-centered intervention could mitigate impacts of racial discrimination

Active learning intervention challenges race-based medicine

 Psychology December 13, 2023

Active learning intervention challenges race-based medicine

Michelle vanDellen

 Psychology November 01, 2023

Finding balance: the psychology of self-control and justifications