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Do you have any friends who use drugs in an effort to lose weight? A relatively large body of research suggests that women who struggle with body image and eating issues are likely to abuse substances (Bahji et al., 2019; Robinson, Walter, Deane, & Larance, 2023). For example, in a recent retrospective chart review of 182 women in…

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Las Vegas, May 1, 2014 – Getting tenure and then quitting is not the typical trajectory of a university professor. Yet Cortney S. Warren, Ph.D., did just that during her TEDxUNLV talk, “Honest Liars: The Psychology of Self-Deception.” Using prominent psychological theories of human nature, Dr. Warren described how we lie to ourselves, the profound…

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Iincreased media usage and exposure poses the question: How accurate is the information we are getting? More specifically, how honest are people on social media sites?

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Infidelity is common in romantic relationships in the United States. In a recent study of more than 22,000 people, 16.48 percent admitted to having sex with someone other than their husband or wife while married (Djamba & Kimuna, 2020). These are just people who were willing to admit to cheating—the actual rates are probably much higher. Suspicion that a partner…

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We live in an increasingly diverse world. Social dialogue about constructs related to diversity, like race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, body size, immigration status, and age, hold considerable attention and controversy in the United States today, including in the professional medical community (Kamalumpundi et al., 2024). Not only do these factors differentially influence the lived experiences of people,…

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