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• Marriage can threaten health: Study finds satisfied newlyweds more likely to gain weight
• Avoid impulsive acts by imagining future benefits
• Gender bias found in how scholars review scientific studies
• Diversity programs give illusion of corporate fairness, psychologists find
• Choosing less a form of protection, says new study on decision-making
• Same-day water pollution test could keep beaches open more often
• Largest class survey reveals polarized UK society and the rise of new groups
• Men 'more depressed and sad' than women if childless, says study

Marriage can threaten health: Study finds satisfied newlyweds more likely to gain weight Posted: 03 Apr 2013 05:04 PM PDT A study of 169 newlywed couples finds that spouses who are more satisfied with their marriage are more likely to gain weight because they are less likely to consider divorce and thus find a new partner.

Avoid impulsive acts by imagining future benefits Posted: 03 Apr 2013 05:00 PM PDT Why is it so hard for some people to resist the least little temptation, while others seem to possess incredible patience, passing up immediate gratification for a greater long-term good? The answer, suggests a new study, is that patient people focus on future rewards in a way that makes the waiting process seem much more pleasurable.

Gender bias found in how scholars review scientific studies Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:20 AM PDT A scientist's gender can have a big impact on how other researchers perceive his or her work, according to a new study.

Diversity programs give illusion of corporate fairness, psychologists find Posted: 03 Apr 2013 09:19 AM PDT Diversity training programs lead people to believe that work environments are fair even when given evidence of hiring, promotion or salary inequities, according to new findings by psychologists.

Choosing less a form of protection, says new study on decision-making Posted: 03 Apr 2013 08:27 AM PDT New research shows that if a person is feeling threatened, or concerned with their status, they are more likely to choose the option that gives them less. And although this choice might seem irrational from an economic perspective, this choice satisfies an important psychological need.

Same-day water pollution test could keep beaches open more often Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT With warm summer days at the beach on the minds of millions of winter-weary people, scientists are reporting that use of a new water quality test this year could prevent unnecessary beach closures while better protecting the health of swimmers.

Largest class survey reveals polarized UK society and the rise of new groups Posted: 03 Apr 2013 07:42 AM PDT The largest survey of the British class system ever carried out has revealed a new structure of seven social divisions, ranging from an "advantaged and privileged" elite to a large "precariat" of poor and deprived people.

Men 'more depressed and sad' than women if childless, says study Posted: 03 Apr 2013 04:19 AM PDT Men are almost as likely as women to want children, and they feel more isolated, depressed, angry and sad than women if they don't have them, a new study says.

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