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A team of researchers from the Yale School of Medicine and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania developed a novel way to assess individuals’ emotion perception ability that diverges from the dominant approaches.

View the latest opportunities for talented individuals seeking to improve the lives of children and families through research, service, and training at the Yale Child Study Center.

Is art meaningful? In this Psychology Today article, Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle reveals five essential understandings and insights that she discovered while exploring the connections between artist intention, audience interpretation, and the emotional impact of art.

In this paper published in the journal Thinking Skills and Creativity, research led by Dr. Jessica Hoffmann (co-authors Dr. Kalee De France, Jennifer Seibyl, Raphael Orleck-Jetter, Dr. Ruth Castillo Gualda, and Dr. Marc Brackett) investigated how youth can successfully reappraise, or think differently about, their emotions during upsetting situations. Results showed that the ability to be creative when reconsidering an upsetting situation was tied to more successfully managing emotions. The authors also investigated whether these reappraisals, or different interpretations of the situation, used past, present, or future tense and whether they focused more on themselves or others. More successful efforts to manage emotions were tied to the use of the past or future (not present) tense, but focusing more on others was tied to less successful management of emotions.

In families, gaslighting is confusing and hard to accept. Why would people who love you want to drive you crazy or undermine your reality? Drs. Robin Stern and Marc Brackett give advice on how to identify what gaslighting looks and feels like in families, and how to stop being a victim.

In the midst of an unprecedented mental health crisis plaguing our nation's youth, a study led by YCSC Assistant Professor Christina Cipriano, PhD and Michael Strambler, associate professor of psychiatry, substantiates the evidence of social and emotional learning (SEL) in supporting student flourishing in school and life.

A study led by Yale professors Christina Cipriano and Michael Strambler substantiates the evidence of social and emotional learning (SEL) in supporting student flourishing in school and life.

View the latest opportunities for talented individuals seeking to improve the lives of children and families through research, service, and training at the Yale Child Study Center.

In the wake of COVID-19, what’s the new normal for teens—and how can we help them move forward?