James C.Coyne
Irreverent, socially conscious Clinical Health Psychologist, #Skeptic debunking hype. Teaching scientists how to promote their work without it. Views my own.
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This Emotional Intelligence Test Was So Accurate It Was Creepy
Experts believe that emotional intelligence is the job skill of the future. So I had mine tested, and the results were scarily correct.
Inside the Adverse Childhood Experience Score: Strengths, Limitations, and Misapplications
Despite its usefulness in research and surveillance studies, the Adverse Childhood
Experience (ACE) score is a relatively crude measure of cumulative childhood stress
exposure that can vary widely from person to person. Unlike recognized public...
Online Tests and Examples Using Words to Assess People's Personalities
One test assesses personalities based on a person's Facebook likes. The word cloud example shows how different word choice can be for the same subject. It's these differences that open many possibilities to assess more reliably the personalities of...
The ‘Geno-Economists’ Say DNA Can Predict Our Chances of Success
Critics counter that their methods are naïve, offensive or both, but all agree: Either way, multigene testing will lead to a social upheaval.
Factor Structure of the Self-Compassion Scale in 11 International Samples
(2020). Factor Structure of the Self-Compassion Scale in 11 International Samples. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. Ahead of Print.
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James C.Coyne
Despite the intuitive appeal and heavy promotion by the Self-Compassion Scale developers, overwhelming evidence continues to argue against its use. Some recent work with 11 international samples. tandfonline.com/eprint/WCZTPRJ… #mindfulness #selfcompassion
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The Media Is Not the Problem with COVID-19
Thousands of Americans are dying. And some conservatives are blaming a favorite scapegoat.
Encephalitis lethargica: 100 years after the epidemic
Hoffman and Vilensky commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the encephalitis lethargica epidemic. Although numerous theories have been proposed,
Increasing access to CBT for psychosis patients: a feasibility, randomised controlled trial evaluating brief, targeted CBT for distressing voices delivered by assistant psychologists (GiVE2)
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends that Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) is offered to all patients with a psychosis diagnosis. However, only a minority of psychosis patients in England and Wales...
James C.Coyne
So much wrong with this clinical trial: "Increasing access to CBT for psychosis patients: a feasibility, randomised controlled trial evaluating brief, targeted CBT for distressing voices delivered by assistant psychologists (GiVE2)"
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French Gangs Engage in Machete Street Brawl Despite Lockdown
Rival gangs in the French city of Montpellier engaged in a street fight armed with machetes, despite the lockdown measures.
'Ventilators' donated by Elon Musk can't be used on coronavirus patients, health officials say
Elon Musk's ventilator giveaway may do more harm than good.After weeks of brushing off the COVID-19 pandemic as "dumb," the billionaire Tesla founder earlier this week announced he had 1,000 "FDA-approved ventilators" and ended up donating 40 to New...
The Stewart Retractions: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis · Econ Journal Watch : open science, reproducibility, peer review, research misconduct, scientific fraud
This study analyzes the recent retraction of five articles from three sociology journals—Social Problems, Criminology, and Law & Society Rev…
Jared Kushner Is Going to Get Us All Killed
Trump’s son-in-law has no business running the coronavirus response.
There’s Only One Thing Stopping Trump From Deporting Health Care Workers
If the Supreme Court affirms the administration’s termination of DACA, thousands of vital health care workers could be deported.
James C.Coyne
If the Supreme Court affirms the @realDonaldTrump administration’s termination of DACA, thousands of vital health care workers could be deported.
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Are You a ‘Good-ish’ Person? Pushing Past Your Unconscious Biases
In a new book, psychologist Dolly Chugh shows how taking deep stock of our unconscious biases can lead to enlightenment.
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James C.Coyne
Need I say it? Beware of psychologists in elite business schools hawking products based on discredited implicit bias theory and research.
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The Road to Coronavirus Hell Was Paved by Evangelicals
Trump’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies.
James C.Coyne
The Religious Right’s Hostility to Science Is Crippling Our Coronavirus Response Trump’s response to the pandemic has been haunted by the science denialism of his ultraconservative religious allies.
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Special Report: The Mask Middlemen - How pop-up brokers seek big paydays in a frenzied market
Brian Kolfage, a Florida military veteran, recently convinced Americans to donate millions of dollars for a privately built wall on the U.S. southern border. Now he has jumped into a new venture: hawking millions of protective face masks that are in...
James C.Coyne
Brian Kolfage convinced Americans to donate millions of dollars for a privately built wall on the U.S. southern border. Now he has jumped into a new venture: hawking millions of protective face masks that are in critically short supply.
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A Revolution in Science Publishing, or Business as Usual?
"Open access" was supposed to change scientific publishing. Critics worry that the model is being corrupted by big corporate publishing money anyway.
James C.Coyne
A Revolution in Science Publishing, or Business as Usual?
“#Openaccess” was supposed to change scientific publishing. Critics worry the model is being corrupted by money anyway. undark.org/2020/03/30/sci… @OA
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Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus
Many of the responses to covid-19 come from a deeply-flawed discipline
James C.Coyne
Why we shouldn't trust the psychologists on #coronavirus
Many of the responses to #COVID19 come from a deeply-flawed discipline.
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