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“Employees who utilize policies that enable them to spend more time away from work – such as parental leave and remote work – often worry that they will be perceived as less devoted to their job,” [Dr. Lauren Kuykendall] says. “When offering these policies, organizations must also create a climate in which employees are not fearful of their utilization.”

Dr. Thalia Goldstein from George Mason University’s Applied Developmental Psychology Department has had years of experience examining the health benefits of the arts for children and students. Among some of the findings: students with arts in their curriculum have higher academic grades, better test scores, less absenteeism (which leads to decreased hunger), better social skills and more expertise in collaborative work than those students without the arts.

The researchers included several people from George Mason University (GMU) who teamed up with Dartmouth and HP, and received funding from the Swedish and Dutch governments, says Dr. Daniel Shore, chief research officer at Leadership & Effective Teamwork Strategies (LETS), who worked on the study while he was at GMU.

Strickland graduated with a B.A. in psychology at George Mason University in 1998 and received an M.S. in the foundation of education at Troy University in 1999. She played three years at George Mason University, where she played a crucial role in their back-to-back NCAA appearances in 1996 and 1997, reaching the Sweet 16 in 1997.

"There is considerable research indicating that exercise of almost any kind -- even a 10-minute walk -- can help people manage anxiety," said Maddux, who is also a senior scholar with GMU's Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

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How kids' scribbling, pretend, and dancing lead to art and theatre appreciation.

That's because past research has found a harsh truth: People are bad at predicting what will make them happy, explained [James] Maddux, a senior scholar at George Mason University's Center for the Advancement of Well-Being, in Fairfax, Va.