Character & Context

The Science of Who We Are and How We Relate

Editors: Judith Hall, Leah Dickens, Colleen Sinclair

Sep 27, 2021

Getting by (Better) With a Little Help From Our Friends

by Nate Deichert and Erin Fekete

Young woman hugging and consoling her crying friend

Feelings of gratitude can enhance the benefits of social support during times of stress.

Sep 24, 2021 “We Need to Text This Out.” Should You Use Texting to Solve a Conflict? by Monique Pollmann and Erin Crockett Research shows that despite opinions to the contrary, texting may not actually be so bad for your relationship conflicts.	Sep 22, 2021 What Counts as an “Environmental” Issue? by Hwanseok Song and Neil A. Lewis, Jr. It depends on where you live and who you are.
Sep 20, 2021 The Allure of Perfection by Mathew S. Isaac and Katie Spangenberg Why is perfect SO much better than very, very good?	Sep 17, 2021 Group Favors Can Lower Gratitude by Jo-Ann Tsang People may feel less grateful when they are helped as a part of a group, compared to when they are the only ones helped.

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Everything that people think, feel, and do is affected by some combination of their personal characteristics and features of the social context they are in at the time. Character & Context explores the latest insights about human behavior from research in personality and social psychology, the scientific field that studies the causes of everyday behaviors.

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