Happy Saturday, sweet readers!
Also, Happy Belated Thanksgiving to my fellow Americans!
I hope each and every one of you had a day (or, are still have a few days!) of time spent with your loved ones appreciating all the blessings in your life — and, if you don’t already, I hope you spend some time to do that every day.
This week’s Psychology Around the Net takes a look at the latest on sexism related to men’s mental health, the stigma of mental illness in the hip-hop community, how creativity benefits or hampers emotional wellbeing, and more.
Sexism May Be Bad for Men’s Mental Health: Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re aware of how damaging sexism can be to women; however, now psychologists say sexism is harmful to men, too. For the past three decades, experts have studied “the concept of toxic masculinity,” focusing heavily on “traditionally male attributes” and have highlighted how “conforming to traditionally masculine qualities like dominance, self-reliance, and competitiveness could be harmful to men and the people around them.”
Kanye West’s Travails Help Hip-Hop Open Up on Mental Health: These days, more celebrities are opening up about mental health struggles more than every before; however, in light of rapper Kanye West’s recent hospitalization in UCLA’s psychiatric ward, “the pressures on hip-hop artists to conceal mental health vulnerabilities have come under almost unprecedented scrutiny.”
Behavioral Activation: The Depression Therapy You’ve Likely Never Heard Of: Growing evidence shows behavioral activation — not to be confused with cognitive behavioral therapy — could be as effective in treating depression. While cognitive behavioral therapy takes an “inside out” approach, behavioral activation goes the way of “outside in.”
Creative Activities Promote Day-to-Day Wellbeing: New research from New Zealand’s University of Otago suggests that everyday creative activities can cause an “upward spiral” of increased wellbeing among young adults. Says lead researcher Dr. Tamlin Conner, “There is growing recognition in psychology research that creativity is associated with emotional functioning. However, most of this work focuses on how emotions benefit or hamper creativity, not whether creativity benefits or hampers emotional wellbeing.”
States With the Happiest and Unhappiest Workers (Infographic): Sokanu, a career discovery platform, pulled together data from more than 250,000 workers in the United States to determine which states had the highest and which states had the lowest numbers of happy workers. Where does your state rank?
Smashing Away Rage Is Now All the Rage (Video): Have you heard about so-called “rage rooms”? Check out this quick video on why they’re growing in popularity (and why some psychologists believe the long-term psychological benefits seem “iffy.”
from World of Psychology http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/11/26/psychology-around-the-net-november-26-2016/
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