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This study examines the impact, relative importance, and unique predictive validity of changes in a host of job features and other relevant factors on job satisfaction over a 35-year period using data from the 1979 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth cohort (12,686 respondents).

Dr. Robyn S. Mehlenbeck, the Director of the Center for Psychological services, has been elected by the board of directors and the council of representatives at the annual American Psychological Association Convention

He also discusses intervention strategies, looking at the ways these foods can be saved through timely intervention. Each chapter ends with recipes. 

The Mason Arts Research Center (MasonARC), an NEA Research Lab, is thrilled to announce the renewal of support from the National Endowment for the Arts for two more years of funding for research, conference, and public communication activities.

In a Washington Post article on the varied reactions to social media tales of travel during the pandemic, University Professor of Psychology June Tangney, suggested that travel shaming is not productive.

“ADHD is a brain disorder that includes difficulty maintaining focus, hasty actions, and excessive body movements that interfere with daily functioning,” said Jerome Short, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. “It includes a pattern of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity [and] affects about five to seven percent of children.”

In episode 8 of Everyday Health's video series Boxed In: COVID-19 and Your Mental Health, “How Daily Routines Can Make the Pandemic More Bearable,” editor in chief Maureen Connolly speaks with James Maddux, PhD, a professor emeritus in the department of psychology at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and a senior scholar at the Center for the Advancement of Well-Being.

The George Mason University Center for Psychological Services (GMUCPS) is working hard, and creatively, to make sure accessible, affordable psychological services are available for all of Northern Virginia.  

A Wallet Hub article on the best and worst states for working fathers features a Q&A with Rebecca Thompson, faculty member in the I/O Program, Department of Psychology, about issues such as childcare, work/family balance, health, and family leave.