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School Climate Walkthrough Tool Selected for Semi-Final Round of VITAL Prize Challenge
In August 2023, researchers at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence (YCEI) moved onto the Semi-Final Round of the Vital Prize Challenge for the development of their tool: The School Climate Walkthrough: A Student-Led Digital Tool to Improve School Experiences. The VITAL Prize Challenge “provides funding, resources, and capacity-building support for small teams to bring new discoveries to educational and learning contexts to improve the experiences of those who have been historically and systematically excluded from learning and education systems.”
9 Nov 2023
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Beyond Creative Potential
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle explores the meaning of creative potential and the path and obstacles from imagination to creative achievement.
Source: Creativity Decision
9 Oct 2023
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https://www.creativitypost.com/arts/what-makes-art-meaningful
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle takes a deep dive into museum visitors’ lived experiences and uncovers findings on what makes art meaningful to them.
Source: The Creative Post
21 Sep 2023
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What Makes Art Meaningful?
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.
Source: Psychology Today
15 Aug 2023
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2023 Psychology Section Graduation Honors Fellows, Faculty
The Yale School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry’s Psychology Section celebrated the graduation of its class of 2023 last month.
21 Jul 2023
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Gaslighting happens in families. How to spot and stop it.
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.
Source: The Washington Post
21 Jul 2023
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Research Finds Social and Emotional Learning Produces Significant Benefits for Students
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.
14 Jul 2023
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Recovering from the Pandemic: What's the New Normal for Teens and How Can We Help?
This Developmental Science article by Diana Divecha, Ph.D. unpacks the difficulties teens have faced since the pandemic and outlines what parents and educators can do to help.
Source: Developmental Science
27 Jun 2023
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Creators on Creativity and the Science of Creativity
Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle shares research lessons behind inspirational quotes about creativity from Picasso, Matisse, Faulkner, and more.
Source: Medium
24 Jun 2023
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Anticipating a Holiday Hangover?
With summer on its way, we find ourselves in the season of social gatherings which can bring up many different emotions. In this article, Drs. Marc Brackett and Robin Stern share 5 strategies to help navigate unpleasant emotions that we may face at upcoming get-togethers and strengthen relationships.
Source: Medium
29 May 2023
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Why Social and Emotional Learning Matters - the Work of Chris Cipriano and team
Sandra Chafouleas, Co-Director of the UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health, interviews Christina Cipriano, Assistant Professor at the Yale Child Study Center and Director of the Education Collaboratory at Yale (Former Director of Research at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence) on why social and emotional learning matters.
Source: UConn Collaboratory on School and Child Health
15 May 2023
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What Brings Us Happiness, Really?
Drs. Marc Brackett and Robin Stern share how cultivating and maintaining close relationships leads to finding happiness and purpose.
Source: Medium
3 May 2023
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How Parents Can Help Their Kids To Navigate Romance
Diana Divecha, Ph.D., developmental psychologist, an assistant clinical professor at YCSC and YCEI, shares how parents can shape their children’s romantic choices with the conversations they have with them when they’re young.
Source: Berkeley
18 Apr 2023
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Opinion: We Need More Social and Emotional Learning in Schools
Thoughts and prayers are not enough. In an era of mass shootings, more focus should be put on pre-emptive mental health strategies for children—not less.
Source: New Thinking
17 Apr 2023
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March Madness: Relationships and Basketball have a lot in Common
What do basketball and relationships have in common? YCEI's Dr. Marc Brackett and Dr. Robin Stern share how practicing necessary skills and good form moves us forward in relationships and how to play together on the same team throughout the process.
Source: Medium
29 Mar 2023
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Five key questions educators ask about SEL
Insights from research help educators navigate the deluge of information about school-based social-emotional learning.
Source: Kappan
27 Mar 2023
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Emotions are Signals to Approach (Not Avoid)
Drs. Marc Brackett and Robin Stern give insight on how to use emotions to gain a deeper understanding of ourselves and how to navigate challenging situations by listening to signals that feelings can give us.
Source: Medium
19 Mar 2023
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"Evaluation and Metacognition in Creative Thinking" Accepted to APA 2023
Drs. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle, Shengjie Lin, and Jessica Hoffmann's symposium, "Evaluation and Metacognition in Creative Thinking," was accepted by the 2023 meeting of APA (American Psychological Association).
8 Mar 2023
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As Safety Threats Rise in Schools, Could SEL Programs Help?
Schools have become increasingly unsafe socially, physically, and emotionally. Students are feeling the toll. New research is proving that SEL is helping students.
Source: EdSurge
8 Mar 2023
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Your Brain on Art
In this new Psychology Today article, Drs. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle and Oshin Vartanian explore the neuroscience of creative production and art appreciation. Artists draw on memories to create and end up with objects of art. And viewers start with those objects and delve into personal memories to interpret it and understand its meaning. Both involve brain areas related to object recognition, visual-spatial processing, and episodic memory.
Source: Psychology Today
6 Mar 2023