Do you have a friend who gets unusually emotional when you don’t text back quickly enough? Perhaps you’re the friend who’s ready to end a friendship when someone is ‘moving funny’ without stopping to ...

Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Source: Jorisvo/Getty Images Sex does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, our sexual functioning is likely influenced by views of self and others that developed out of ...

Our experiences in childhood shape who we become as adults. While physical and emotional abuse can leave lasting scars, what about neglect? The absence of care in childhood can be just as damaging and ...

The impact of early childhood experiences on adult relationships, romantic or platonic, has always been a subject of interest ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Eric Wood writes about college mental health and emerging adults Understanding attachment styles is important as they reflect ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. An “attachment style” refers to the way we form emotional bonds ...

A new analysis of psychological data suggests that manipulative personality traits may stem from deep-seated insecurities regarding social bonding. Researchers found that individuals who struggle to ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Feeling insecure in close relationships with others may take a toll on the immune system, preliminary research suggests. Sign up here. In a study of 61 healthy women, ...

Imagine a sudden rustle in the tall grass. A ripple of alarm passes through the group of early humans who live together amid ancient, rugged terrain. In the center of the encampment, a 3-year-old ...