Victims Of Bullying Are More Likely To Be Arrested As Adults

You'd expect bullies to grow up to get in trouble with the law. But children who are consistently bullied also are more likely to run afoul of the law as adults, including being arrested and jailed...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/08/01/207904781/victims-of-bullying-are-more-likely-to-be-arrested-as-adults

Reposted by:

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.

drcharlesdavenport.com

Is Unconscious Self-Control Possible?

A new study posits that we can program our bodies to temptation...
...Although we may mindlessly eat cookies at a party, stopping ourselves from overindulging may seem impossible without a deliberate, conscious effort...
...However, it turns out that overhearing someone – even in a completely unrelated conversation – say something as simple as “calm down” might trigger us to stop our cookie-eating frenzy without realizing it...

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/08/09/is-unconscious-self-control-possible/58231.html

Reposted by:

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.

drcharlesdavenport.com

The Dark Side of Entrepreneurship

New research has found a childhood pattern of antisocial tendencies among entrepreneurs. Researchers at the University of Stockholm and Friedrich Schiller University at Jena, Germany, found that as children, entrepreneurs had a higher tendency to break rules, including frequent disregard of parental orders, more frequent cheating at school and more use of drugs...

... The study found that “rebellious adolescent behavior against socially accepted standards and an early questioning of boundaries doesn’t necessarily lead to criminal and antisocial careers,” he concluded. “It can rather be the basis for a productive and socially acceptable entrepreneurship.”

http://psychcentral.com/news/2013/08/10/the-dark-side-of-entrepreneurship/58279.html

Reposted by:

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.

drcharlesdavenport.com