News tagged with emotional challenges


Scientists Explore the Mysteries of Why We Sleep

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Has it ever occurred to you, when faced with a big decision, to stay awake on it?





Search results for emotional challenges


Children with emotional difficulties at higher risk for adult obesity

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Previous research has shown that low self-esteem and emotional problems are found in people who are overweight or obese- but not which influences which. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Medicine, sheds ...


Military children face more emotional challenges as parental deployments grow longer, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children in military families may suffer from more emotional and behavioral difficulties when compared to other American youths, with older children and girls struggling the most when a parent is deployed overseas, according ...


Together couples address challenges associated with vulvar pain disorder

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 29, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vulvar vestibulitis syndrome (vvs), a vulvar pain disorder, affects approximately 15 percent of women. A new study in the journal Family Process reviews the experiences of couples in which the woman has a diagnosis of vvs ...


Why are some young victims of domestic violence resilient?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 10 million U.S. children witness domestic violence yearly, resulting in a range of emotional and behavioral problems. A new study suggests that the reason some of these children are resilient is because of their ...


Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 12 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that depressed patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion.


True story? Men prefer 'chick flicks' when they are explicitly fictionalized

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 08, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Characterized by a heart-tugging plot, emotional melodrama is a subtype of dramatic entertainment that fosters deep emotional reactions on the part of the consumer. Often labelled “chick-flicks,” “tearjerkers,” or “human ...


Good emotional intelligence, good grades

Other Sciences /

created Oct 04, 2005 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Virginia Tech scientists in say a student's emotional intelligence indirectly contributes to academic success in information technology.


Love hurts: Why emotional pain really affects us

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Have you ever felt overly upset by a social snubbing? Your genetics, not your friends, may be at fault.


Don't ignore your emotions at work, professor says

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- “There’s no crying in baseball!” So said Jimmy Dugan, the manager portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie “A League of Their Own.” Not so fast, says Vince Waldron, an Arizona State University professor of communication ...


Study examines how doctors discuss medical errors

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

We can learn from our mistakes, but how willing are we to talk about them? And what happens when those making mistakes are physicians, who are often expected to be infallible?



List of search results for emotional challenges