by jmalouff | Jul 22, 2024 | Emotions, Human Thinking and Behavior, Social confidence
Social confidence is valuable. It helps a person make friends, find a mate, and develop a career. Many people have a low level of social confidence. Others perceive these individuals as unassertive, avoidant, or weak. I know about problems with social confidence...
by jmalouff | May 29, 2023 | Emotions, Human Thinking and Behavior, Mental health problems, Psychotherapy, Training, Treatment
Efficacy of Assertiveness Training for Social Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Evie Levens, John Malouff, & Jai Mynadier University of New England, Australia ...
by jmalouff | Mar 12, 2023 | Coping, Emotions, Training
Please direct correspondence regarding this article to the author, John M. Malouff, University of New England School of Psychology, Armidale NSW 2351. Email: jmalouff@une.edu.au Abstract Carl Rogers suggested specific ways of interacting with others for promoting...
by jmalouff | Feb 5, 2023 | Bereavement and Grief, Coping, Emotions, Psychotherapy
I am reading the autobiography of Billy Connolly. As a boy Billy was sexually abused for years by his father. Decades later, as his father lay dying from a stoke, Billy finally told his wife about the abuse. He broke down in tears and did not go in the hospital to see...
by jmalouff | Aug 1, 2021 | Bereavement and Grief, Emotions, Human Thinking and Behavior
I recently listened to a new song: Roger Ebert. I learned about the song from a Facebook post by the son of a man with a recently diagnosed deadly disease. The song is about the last words of Roger Ebert, famous movie critic, who died in 2013. Just before...
by jmalouff | Mar 15, 2021 | Emotions, Human Thinking and Behavior
The scientist in me wants to understand what other people are talking about. Let’s say I am curious. Once in a while I hear the expression “jumping the shark.” What the heck does that mean? With an Internet search engine ready to do my bidding, I quickly found the...