Americans Stay Connected to Work on Weekends, Vacation and Even When Out Sick

Turning off the smartphone and leaving work behind during weekends and vacations is a rare thing for most working Americans, and contrary to popular belief, most say staying connected is good for their productivity and balance. These were among the results of a survey released today by the American Psychological Association’s Center for Organizational Excellence...

http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2013/09/connected-work.aspx

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Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

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

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What to Do When Work Stress Eats Up the Evening

Feeling the pinch of work stress in the evening? Before heading home for the night, take a moment to savor the day’s wins.

Forthcoming research  from the Academy of Management Journal shows that workers reported lower stress levels in the evenings after spending a few minutes jotting down positive events at the end of the day, along with why those things made them feel good...

http://blogs.wsj.com/atwork/2013/09/04/what-to-do-when-work-stress-eats-up-the-evening/

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Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

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

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Study: Yelling at teens is not effective

Many parents of teenage children say they're sometimes forced to yell at their kids. But does it work?

A new study  out overnight suggests yelling and shouting at teenagers is not the best strategy to raise well-behaved, happy and respectful teens...

http://www.11alive.com/news/article/305150/40/Study-Yelling-at-teens-is-not-effective

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Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

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

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Schools finding suspensions ineffective for changing student behavior

First school officials say how important it is to be in class.

Then they tell them not to come. More than 30,000 out-of-school suspensions were issued to public school students -- some of them repeatedly to the same students -- in kindergarten through 12th grade in Allegheny County alone in 2011-12, the most recent year for which countywide data are available.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/schools-finding-suspensions-ineffective-701785/#ixzz2ei6Mpt7i

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Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

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

drcharlesdavenport.com

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

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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

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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

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Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

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

drcharlesdavenport.com