Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between statistics anxiety and both students' self-prediction of their future exam performance and actual test performance on a formal statistics assessment at undergraduate level in psychology students i...
Stress and depression were very prevalent in the UK as of 2022, with shares of 51 and 19 percent, respectively. Specifically, between 2022 and 2023, about 875,000 workers were reporting work-related stress, depression, and anxiety in Great Britain, the second-highest figure since 2008. More...
1 in 5 Brits admit to being afraid or anxious about visiting the dentist (Oral Health Foundation, 2018) More than 10 million adults in the United Kingdom have some level of dental anxiety, with an estimated six million suffering from dental phobia (Oral Health Foundation, 2018) Gum disease ...
1 in 5 candidates have rejected a job offer because it took too long to arrive. Methodology & sources The research for this study was carried out in three phases. The first was a survey of 102 hiring staff from a range of UK employers, whose jobs included hiring managers, internal recruit...
76% of gig workers surveyed said they had experienced work-related insecurity and anxiety, and 28% felt they were risking their health or safety when doing gig work. 89.7% of UK gig workers said that the cost of living crisis in 2022/23 had influenced them to take up extra work. More ...
'This is a highly accessible, yet an adequately sophisticated text, which can be enjoyed by students across the skills spectrum. I am confident that it will help students who suffer from maths phobia as it offers to teach statistics with anxiety-busting clarity. The book benefits from easy to...
72% of LGBTQ youth reported symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in the past two weeks. More than 75% of transgender and nonbinary youth reported the same. (The Trevor Project, 2021)10 62% of LGBTQ youth reported symptoms of major depressive disorder in the past two weeks. For transgende...
Social media use can also lead to cyberbullying, social anxiety, depression, and exposure to content that is not developmentally appropriate. How can we make sure our children are using social media in a positive way that strengthens their self-esteem and connections with peers, which are so ...
Human participants low in trait anxiety matched updating of their outcome predictions to the volatility of the current environment, as predicted by a Bayesian model. Individuals with high trait anxiety showed less ability to adjust updating of outcome expectancies between stable and volatile environments...
Worldwide statistical data finds that1.1%-1.8% of individuals contend with OCD. TheWorld Health Organization(WHO) had previously ranked OCD as the tenth most debilitating illness for the general population, as its symptoms can lead to extreme anxiety, distress, frustration, self-criticism, and impai...