Lee and Ward finds the stress & uncertainty caused by the coronavirus has taken its toll on parents-& children are feeling the psychological & physical brunt of it
March 31, 2020
ANN ARBOR-The stress and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus has taken its toll on parents-and children are feeling the psychological and physical brunt of it, say University of Michigan researchers. More parents have shouted, yelled or screamed at their children at least once in the past two...
COVID-19 Care Package
March 30, 2020
Dear ISR Community,As we protect our physical health through social distancing, I hope you’re finding ways to maintain connections with your friends, colleagues, and loved ones virtually. I’m happy to see teams maintaining or starting daily check-ins via BlueJeans, Zoom, or Hangouts....
Talking to yourself in the third person can promote healthier eating
March 23, 2020
ANN ARBOR—The constant temptation of tasty foods high in calories and fat make it difficult for people to make healthy choices, but talking to yourself in the third person may help, say researchers at the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota.A new study published in Clinical...
Polarization of climate change news is no hoax
March 11, 2020
ANN ARBOR—Concern about the politicization of climate change news is not new, but coverage of the issue over the last three decades has shifted.A new University of Michigan study quantitatively shows, for the first time, that during a 30-year period, coverage of climate change has not only...
MLK’s Legacy for Social and Behavioral Science: Perspectives from New Scholars
February 27, 2020
Ann Arbor – As part of the University of Michigan’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Symposium, the Institute for Social Research hosted a panel of scholars who explored MLK’s legacy for social and behavioral science. David C. Wilson, political psychologist, and moderator of...
Native American mascots, names, chants: More offensive than previously reported
February 4, 2020
Group protests Washington’s NFL mascot before Arizona Cardinals game. Image credit: ABC15 Arizona videoANN ARBOR—The tomahawk chop and war chant by fans of the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs may seem like harmless fun, but roughly two-thirds of Native Americans who frequently...
Richard Gonzalez reappointed as director of Research Center for Group Dynamics
February 4, 2020
ANN ARBOR – Richard Gonzalez has agreed to serve a second term as director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics, extending his term from July 2020 to August 2025. Richard is the Amos N. Tversky Collegiate Professor in Psychology and Statistics, Professor of Marketing in the Ross School...
Interdisciplinary team of researchers receive $3.4M convergence grant from NSF
January 9, 2020
ANN ARBOR – A group of University of Michigan researchers has been awarded a $3.4 million collaborative National Science Foundation convergence grant to develop and test methodologies for sampling, validating, and analyzing social media.A collaboration between U-M and Georgetown University,...
Grant will allow U-M researchers to study how poverty affects the brain
December 18, 2019
ANN ARBOR—Researchers know that adversity—especially poverty-related adversity—increases the risk for anxiety and depression.Now, University of Michigan researchers have won a $6.7 million grant to study how poverty-related adversity might affect the development of threat and...
U-M research shows how wealth begets educational disparity
November 12, 2019
ANN ARBOR—It’s no secret that students whose families have more money typically perform better in school than those who come from homes with fewer financial resources.Now, new research led by the University of Michigan that followed students over a 27-year period sheds light on just how...
