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w88 apkRefugees wel(l)come: The impact of social support on refugees’ well-being
To date, the refugee crisis has been a central issue for society and associated with several challenges. This article focuses on the well-being of refugees as a basis for successful integration. In particular, it addresses the question of how social support can... / w88 apkmore
- written by Ina-Maria D?ring
- edited by Rosine Rutten
Social Machines: Social Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction
Have you ever experienced the frustration of your computer not behaving as it should? Maybe it started to reboot during your most important meeting, or it simply froze and despite your best efforts, you couldn’t restart it. Take a moment to recall... / w88 apkmore
- written by Flora Almosdi & Adrienn Ujhelyi
- edited by Mitch Brown
Understanding Online Child Sexual Abuse and How to Talk to Children About it
The new digital technology provides children with endless opportunities to explore and communicate. Still, it is important to prepare them for potential risks that they might encounter online, just as we prepare them for potential risks in the offline environment. In this article, you will learn how to create a safer online... / more
- written by Malin Joleby, Carolina Lunde & Linda Jonsson
- edited by Crystal Steltenpohl
Risk assessment tools and criminal reoffending: Does bias determine who is “high risk”?
In The Netherlands in 1993, a man named Thomas was convicted of an arson in which no one was injured. Thomas was sentenced to four years in prison and involuntary treatment in a secure mental health facility. Based solely on professional opinion, Thomas was deemed too dangerous for release. If risk assessment tools had been... / w88 apkmore
- written by Jennifer Kamorowski, Maartje Schreuder, Corine de Ruiter, Marko Jelícic & Karl Ask
- edited by Emir Efendic
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w88 apkThe good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has been called a lot of things, from a “game changer” and “a breath of fresh air”, to “hypocritical”, “sexist”, and “sneaky”. So why has the campaign, whose major innovation was to use ads that featured real women rather than airbrushed models or celebrity spokespersons, sparked so much controversy? Taking... / more
- written by Angela Celebre & Ashley Waggoner Denton
- edited by Rosanna Guadagno & Reine van der Wal
That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life
Interpersonal touch is a fundamental but undervalued aspect of human nature. In the present article, the authors review psychological research showing that even fleeting forms of touch may have a powerful impact on our emotional and social functioning. Given its... / more
- written by Mandy Tjew A Sin & Sander Koole
- edited by Hans IJzerman
Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future
In the midst of racial segregation in the U.S.A and the ‘Jim Crow Laws’, Gordon Allport (1954) proposed one of the most important social psychological events of... / w88 apkmore
- written by Jim A. C. Everett
- edited by Diana Onu
w88 apkNo strings attached: Are “friends with benefits” as complicated in real life as they are in the movies?
Many people become “friends with benefits” to avoid drama and to have sex without getting tied up in emotions; however, the reality is that having a friend with benefits often becomes complicated. Why is that, and is there anything you can do to avoid these complexities? In... / more
- written by Justin J. Lehmiller
- edited by Dylan Selterman
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No Excuses! Lay Judges Reject Exhaustion as a Reason for Failing to Help Others
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How to get into shape like the Hulk
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