High-school students in Vietnam who slept worse reported slightly lower grades, according to a 2026 survey of 541 students in Grades 10 and 11. Shorter sleep carried most of that link, which shrank once fatigue and motivation were taken into account.1 Research Highlights A small link between sleep and grades: worse sleep scores went with …
Chinese college freshmen from homes with stricter parenting and more family conflict sensed more anxiety in their parents about their education, according to a 2026 survey of 646 students. Higher resilience was linked to sensing less of it, and strict parenting showed the strongest link of all.1 Research Highlights Family conflict and resilience pulled in …
Adults with inborn errors of immunity, also called primary immunodeficiency, who cut back social contact to avoid infections reported more depression and anxiety symptoms. A 2026 German clinic study of 143 patients also found that about 1 in 4 people with significant symptoms had never been diagnosed.1 Research Highlights Isolation went with higher symptom scores: …
Adults with opposite beliefs about sex and gender each lined up with a different form of authoritarian thinking, according to 2 preregistered surveys in the US and UK. A binary, fixed view was linked to right-wing conventionalism, and a nonbinary, changeable view to left-wing anti-conventionalism.1 Research Highlights 2 large samples: 1,431 US adults and 1,390 …
Men working in the smelting, anode and casting areas of an Iranian aluminum plant reported slightly more anxiety than office and security staff at the same plant. Higher levels of PAH and aluminum markers in their urine went with higher anxiety scores, even after accounting for job stress.1 Research Highlights A small anxiety gap: 130 …
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 …
About 1 in 5 adults receiving outpatient psychiatric care for mood or anxiety-related conditions in Japan met full diagnostic criteria for generalized anxiety disorder, a 2026 study at 22 clinics found. Most of them had a different main diagnosis on file, usually depression.1 Research Highlights 20.4% had GAD: 83 of 407 outpatients met DSM-5 criteria …