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Society’s expectations of how a man works and what he earns is a key contributor to how lonely he feels in the workplace.
It can feel risky to try reconnecting with people in our lives after falling out of touch – but fears of rejection are often overblown.
Nursing students are 90% female, often mature-age students who are still expected to carry most of the housework and childcare load while they study. Something has to give.
Women juggle many responsibilities in their lives. Research reveals the importance for migrant women of taking even brief breaks from their daily routine of home, work or care-giving activities.
Do children understand the lesson that if you scratch my back, I’ll scratch yours? Developmental psychologists suggest they’re more likely to punish bad behavior than they are to reward good deeds.
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Senior Research Fellow, Black Dog Institute, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Nursing, Edith Cowan University
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Ben L. Fryrear Chair in Marketing and Associate Professor of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh
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Assistant Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale University