Day: October 17, 2022
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Can Shifting Social Norms Help Mitigate Climate Change?
Newswise — Climate change is the result of many human activities, from carbon emissions to deforestation, and it will take multiple and varied interventions to mitigate it, including legislation, regulation, and market-based solutions implemented at local, national, and global levels. Demand-side factors, such as changes in social norms, can also help by creating political pressure…
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Sexual and Gender Minorities Assigned Male at Birth Have Higher Odds of Partner Violence
Young bisexual, transgender and low-income individuals are most at risk of psychological and physical victimization, according to a Rutgers study
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COVID messaging: caring or condescending?
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t unusual to see and hear public health announcements geared toward older populations because they were more susceptible to severe illness.
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Early self-regulation boosts children’s educational success
A study by the universities of Zurich and Mainz has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.