Research fatigue was 56.3% in Mosoriot, tied to repeated studies
In a heavily studied Kenyan community, older age, being male, hospital-based studies, and personal questions sharply increased fatigue and dropout desire. More than half of surveyed community members in Mosoriot, Kenya reported research fatigue (56.3%). In the journal article “Kuchoka”: Investigation of research fatigue in Mosoriot, Kenya, fatigue was more likely among people repeatedly recruited […]
Community management linked to low antipsychotic discontinuation in schizophrenia
A cross-sectional survey in Chengdu found a 4.1% discontinuation rate and flagged practical, modifiable risks. A survey of 1,531 people with schizophrenia under community management in Chengdu, China found a low medication discontinuation rate of 4.1%. Discontinuation was more likely when illness stability was weaker, insight was poorer, side effects were noticeable, or follow-up was […]
LIVEBORN newborn resuscitation feedback proved feasible and usable
In two Democratic Republic of the Congo facilities, an observer-led mobile health tool reached feasibility for observing births, with mixed results for debriefing uptake. LIVEBORN, a mobile health application designed to give real-time guidance and support debriefing during newborn resuscitation, was feasible to use for observing births in two facilities. In this pilot, 74% of […]
High-flow nasal therapy costs more than low-flow oxygen in COAST
In Kenyan and Ugandan children with severe pneumonia and low blood oxygen, higher-tech oxygen delivery increased costs without better outcomes. In the COAST trial, high-flow nasal therapy cost more than low-flow oxygen for children with severe hypoxaemia. For children with less severe hypoxaemia, both high-flow nasal therapy and low-flow oxygen cost more than permissive hypoxaemia. […]
Nasal temperature drops during stress, especially social speech stress
Thermal video of the nose tracked an objective “stress dip,” and it lined up with body-type anxiety symptoms more than self-rated stress. In healthy adults, nasal skin temperature dropped during two lab stressors and rebounded during recovery, but did not fully return to baseline in five minutes. A speech-based social stressor produced a bigger temperature […]
Child mental disorder diagnosis linked to higher parent mental disorder risk
Parents’ risk peaks around the child’s diagnosis, then eases but stays elevated. A nationwide register study in Finland and Denmark found that parents were more likely to receive a mental disorder diagnosis after their child was diagnosed with a mental disorder. The risk was highest in the six months after the child’s diagnosis, then declined […]
Emotional-literacy ESP lesson boosted communication and leadership skills
A design-based ESP lesson for psychology undergrads increased emotional vocabulary, engagement, and confident professional dialogue. An ESP lesson explicitly teaching emotional literacy produced stronger emotional engagement, clearer emotion vocabulary, and better interpersonal communication in psychology students. Qualitative evidence also pointed to increased communicative confidence and emerging leadership traits during role-play, including responsiveness, attentiveness, and emotional […]
Psychology hiring should broaden outputs and prioritize research quality
A German Psychological Society task force proposes a two-phase, quality-focused alternative to metric-driven evaluation. New guidance argues that impact factors and the h-index are poor tools for judging individual researchers and can intensify “publish or perish” incentives. A task force from the German Psychological Society proposes four principles for responsible research assessment in psychology, plus […]
Broader evaluation criteria raise rigor threshold for psychology hiring
A proposal shifts early-stage assessment from prestige metrics to methodological quality checks. Traditional metrics like journal impact factor and the h-index are criticized as invalid and as pushing quantity over quality. This paper proposes a practical alternative for academic hiring and promotion in psychology: broaden what counts as a research contribution and screen for minimum […]
Youth outdoor camps found four key psychological barriers to engagement
A sports-psychology strategy system targets motivation, self-control, competition, and social fit. This study identified four common psychological problems adolescents face in outdoor camp education: low willingness to participate, weak self-regulation, excessive competition, and difficult interpersonal adaptation. It then built a four-part optimization strategy system aimed at addressing those problems and proposed an integrated implementation model […]