r/psychology • • 16d ago

Monthly Research/Survey Thread Psychological Research/Surveys Thread

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Welcome to the r/Psychology Research Thread!

Need participants? Looking for constructive criticism? In addition to the weekly discussion thread, the mods have instituted this thread for a surveys.

General submission rules are suspended in this thread, but all top-level comments must link to a survey and follow the formatting rules outlined below. Removal of content is still at the discretion of the moderators. Reddiquette applies. Personal attacks, racism, sexism, etc. will be removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban. This thread will occasionally be refreshed.

In addition to posting here, we recommend you post your surveys to r/samplesize and join the discussion at r/surveyresearch.

TOP-LEVEL COMMENTS

Top-level comments in this thread should be formatted like the following example (similar to r/samplesize):

  • [Tag] Description (Demographic) Link
  • ex. [Academic] GPA and Reddit use (US, College Students, 18+) Link
  • Any further information-a description of the survey, request for critiques, etc.-should be placed in the next paragraph of the same top-level comment.

RESULTS

Results should be posted as a direct reply to the corresponding top-level comment, with the same formatting as the original survey.

  • [Results] Description (Demographic) Link
  • ex. [Results] GPA and Reddit use (US, College Students, 18+) Link

[Tags] include:

  • Academic, Industrial, Causal, Results, etc.

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r/psychology • • 5d ago

Weekly Discussion Thread Weekly Discussion Thread

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Welcome to the r/psychology discussion thread!

Discussion threads will be "refreshed" each week (i.e., a new discussion thread will be posted for each week). Feel free to ask the community questions, comment on the state of the subreddit, or post content that would otherwise be disallowed.

Do you need help with homework? Have a question about a study you just read? Heard a psychology joke?

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r/psychology • • 2h ago

Researchers analysed the lyrics of more than 38,000 songs and found that popular music is steadily losing its emotional depth. Lyrics now talk less about feelings and connecting with other people, while words linked to anxiety and stress are showing up more and more often in the songs we hear today.

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r/psychology • • 1h ago

Scientists discover how deep sleep builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain Scientists have uncovered a hidden brain circuit linking deep sleep, growth hormone, and wakefulness, revealing why a good night's sleep is essential for both body and brain health.

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r/psychology • • 15h ago

When schools fail to act, weight-based bullying can continue

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r/psychology • • 2h ago

Tiny brain structure anticipates what we are about to see or feel, study finds

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r/psychology • • 38m ago

Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests

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r/psychology • • 1h ago

How animal identifiability affects children’s food choices

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r/psychology • • 14h ago

Judging strangers' preferences may actually be easier when they're less like our own

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r/psychology • • 1d ago

A study of over 12,000 Norwegian families found that by age eight, a child’s ADHD traits come mainly from their own genes, not from how their parents’ genes shape the home. Researchers found no firm evidence that parenting style or the home environment tied to parents’ DNA drives ADHD in their kids.

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r/psychology • • 1d ago

Role of problematic use of social networks and self-consciousness in the association between adverse childhood experiences and well-being among young Indian adults

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r/psychology • • 1d ago

The Development of the ICD-11 Classification of Personality Disorders: An Amalgam of Science, Pragmatism, and Politics

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Interesting article about the ICD-11s decision to move to a dimensional vs categorical system for personality disorders.


r/psychology • • 2d ago

International Consensus Statement on ADHD: Exercise has no significant effect on ADHD symptoms after adjusting for confounders and publication bias, but significantly reduces anxiety and depression.

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r/psychology • • 2d ago

New Study Finds Gendered Messaging Can Backfire: Messages that reference gender when highlighting women's success in an activity actually made kids and adults of both genders see girls and women as less capable, and also made everyone less interested in trying the activity themselves.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

In richer, more gender-equal countries, boys value hard work at school less than girls, and fewer go to university, except in STEM, where male numbers hold steady. New study of 750,000 teens in 61 countries links the gap to stereotypes that effort is 'for girls' while talent is 'for boys'.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

University students say procrastination is biggest threat to their academic performance. More than half of US students surveyed said the problem damaged their ability to do academic work, study finds.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

Americans interpret major political events through a deeply polarized lens. Republicans prioritize social order/ conformity and view protests that disrupt social order as threatening. Democrats place higher value on individual rights/ inclusion and view protests by marginalized groups as necessary.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

The stronger the evidence, the weaker the link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism or ADHD. Earlier reviews had reported small increases in risk, but these associations shrank when the researchers focused on the highest-quality evidence, though small associations remained in some analyses.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

Interacting with women can impair men’s cognitive functioning

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

Creatine May Do More Than Build Muscle: Researchers Find a Possible Link to Depression

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

Depression May Disrupt the Brain’s Ability to Grow New Neurons, Study Finds

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r/psychology • • 4d ago

Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’. Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

People who ghost tend to feel worse about it than the people they ghost realize. Study also indicates that even a brief reply can narrow this emotional misunderstanding.

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r/psychology • • 3d ago

Rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine and psychedelics may relieve depression by regulating specific immune system pathways in the body and brain. Research suggests that rebalancing a precise set of immune signaling molecules can predict how well a patient will respond to treatment.

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