Anxiety after 2018 false missile alert in Hawaii lingered for days, UCI researchers find
Big data study is first to capture real-time psychological responses to false alarm
July 25, 2019
KEYWORD
stress
Media exposure to mass violence can fuel cycle of distress, 3-year longitudinal study shows
UCI researchers find that it can heighten people’s anxiety about and response to future events
April 17, 2019
People who watch beheading videos are motivated by fear of terrorism, UCI study finds
Unfortunately, viewing them exacerbates anxiety, according to first-of-its-kind research
February 25, 2019
Pre-disaster predictions linked to post-disaster psychological outcomes, UCI study finds
First-of-its-kind research conducted in Florida before Hurricane Irma hit
January 04, 2019
Smartphones act as digital security blankets in stressful social situations
Possession, not use, of a mobile phone counteracts feelings of isolation, UCI-led study finds
August 07, 2018
During crisis, exposure to conflicting information is linked to stress, UCI-led study finds
People who rely on social media encounter more rumors, report greater distress
October 16, 2017
Breathing lessons
Did your New Year’s resolution involve making a fresh start? Letting go and living better? Reviving body and mind? If those good intentions vanished with your first pressing deadline of 2011 or the daily bumper-car commute, Leigh Poirier Ball is here to help. As acting director of the UC Irvine Health Education Center, Poirier Ball assists […]
January 01, 2011
Stressing the positive
Psychologist Salvatore R. Maddi remembers when one of his graduate students at the University of Chicago showed him an article in Family Circle that warned, “Stress can kill you, so you need to stay away from it.” That was a popular theory in the 1970s, but Maddi was skeptical. He’d already done studies indicating that stress could […]
October 01, 2010