When teens with depression were hospitalized after a suicide attempt, they and their parents described stress moving in both directions, from child to parent and back again. That pattern came from separate interviews with 12 teens and 12 of their parents at a psychiatric hospital in China.1 Research Highlights Parents’ moods reached their teens: all …
Children as young as 2 told preschool staff “I’m full” at well-timed moments during lunch, and staff usually took them at their word, according to a 2026 video study of 97 lunches at 4 Swedish preschools.1 Research Highlights 77 “I’m full” moments: 44 children aged 2 to 6 said they were full at least once, …
Babies born to mothers with an anxiety diagnosis weighed a little less at birth, and babies exposed to tobacco in the womb weighed much less, in a 2026 analysis of nearly 30,000 US mothers.1 Research Highlights Anxiety linked to a small drop: mothers who said a health care provider had diagnosed them with anxiety had …
Mice that only watched another mouse being attacked developed anxiety- and depression-like behavior, but milder and narrower changes than mice that were attacked themselves, according to a 2026 study in male mice.1 Research Highlights Both kinds of stress caused social avoidance: after 14 days, attacked mice and witness mice both spent less time near a …
College students who felt more academic stress and trusted AI more reported leaning harder on generative AI for their writing, according to a 2026 survey of 229 journalism students at 2 universities in China. Students with stronger AI literacy reported less dependence once other factors were taken into account.1 Research Highlights Stress had the strongest …
A 2026 theory paper proposes that Chinese university students giving presentations in English handle their nerves better when the classroom builds their confidence. It is a framework with no new data, but the problem it targets is well documented: speaking anxiety goes with weaker language performance.1 Research Highlights A proposal, not a study: the paper …
In a 2026 interview study involving 6 adults with long-term chronic pain in Quebec, participants said their deepest suffering came less from how much they hurt than from what pain did to their social lives: loneliness, judgment and the strain of trying to look normal.1 Research Highlights Social losses, not pain intensity, defined suffering: all …