Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Eric Wood writes about college mental health and emerging adults Understanding attachment styles is important as they reflect ...

From the first day of school to graduation, the bonds children form with parents, teachers, and peers deeply influence how they learn and engage. Studies show that secure, supportive relationships ...

Children with difficult temperaments, including personality tendencies such as irritability and having a hard time being comforted, are only slightly more likely than other children to have insecure ...

Parenting is probably the most difficult job you'll have in your lifetime. That's especially true if you're dealing with past traumas, or if you're suffering from an addiction or mental health issue ...

Think you have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? Not so fast. New research and theory by Cavicchioli, Stefanazzi, Tobia, and Ogliari (2023) makes a ...

Bucknell University Professor T. Joel Wade, psychology, is a co-author of a new international study examining how adult attachment styles relate to reproductive success, finding that individuals with ...

Narcissism has become the armchair diagnosis of the decade. Social media is awash with people flinging the label around. Everyone’s ex seems to be a narcissist, some of our parents are under suspicion ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Or Dagan, Long Island University Post and Carlo Schuengel, Vrije Universiteit ...