Major in Psychology Archives

Major in Psychology

With Mass. considering marijuana legalization, students dig into research

Millennials veer from older generations in their acceptance of marijuana legalization. According to a Pew Research Center poll, 68 percent of those born between 1981 and 1997 approve of legalizing pot versus around 50 percent of Baby Boomers and GenXers. And while Denise Hines, research associate professor of psychology at Clark University, doesn’t necessarily know where her students fall on…
Fewer college grads emerging from parents’ homes, study says

You’ve graduated from college, you’re ready to take on the world and, according to new research, you may be doing so from your old bedroom at your parents’ house. A Pew Research Center analysis of 2014 U.S. Census Bureau data released last week found people ages 18 to 34 were more likely to be living in a parent’s…
Clark psychology Prof. Cordova shares insights on couples research

Thousands share Wall Street Journal interview
Clark psychology researcher receives $100K from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Grant will support Nicole M. Overstreet, Ph.D., in examining the needs of those affected by intimate partner violence
Game Changer

Midway through this year's National Basketball Association season, sport psychologist Dr. Joel Fish '75 received a visit from a player mired in a slump. "I'm just feeling really tense on the court," Fish remembers the player saying. "I'm not relaxed."
Clark U. Prof.’s ‘Marriage Checkup’ helps couples improve intimacy, marital satisfaction

Clark University Professor of Psychology James V. Córdova and the researchers at Clark University’s Center for Couples and Family Research, have determined that the Marriage Checkup, an innovative, two-session relationship health checkup designed by Professor Córdova, and described in a book by the same name, is effective at helping couples increase relationship health and…
New report finds LGB parents and their children faring well despite heterosexism

A new report co-authored by Clark University associate professor of psychology Abbie E. Goldberg finds that lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) parents and their children are functioning quite well despite confronting heterosexism in a variety of social contexts, including healthcare, legal and school systems. Co-written with Williams Institute scholars Nanette K. Gartrell and Gary Gates, the Research Report on LGB-Parent Families is the…
At White House forum, psychologist Abbie Goldberg shares research on gay fathers

Abbie Goldberg participated in a Working Fathers panel, organized by the White House, on the topic of the father’s role in parenting and the shifting nature of parenthood. The Obama administration hosted the forum to spotlight the need for family-friendly policies in the workplace. Other experts on the panel, “New Roles for Dads at Home,” included…
Clark University psychologist examines ‘play behaviors’ of children of same-sex parents

Do children of gay and lesbian parents play the same way children of heterosexual parents do? If not, how do they differ? Is there a benefit or drawback to this? Clark University psychologist Abbie Goldberg and fellow researchers Deborah Kashy of Michigan State University, and JuliAnna Z. Smith of The Center for Research on Families at The University of Massachusetts/Amherst, examine this…
Clark psychologist publishes groundbreaking book on gay dads

According to a new book by Abbie E. Goldberg, associate professor in the Department of Psychology at Clark University, when gay men adopt, they perceive they are more readily accepted by their family members than they were when they were childless. This finding, and many other findings relevant to gay men’s experiences of adoption (e.g., dealing with discrimination in…