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🎓 Early Career Scholars: There's still time to join SPSP's Writing Groups this summer - a virtual community where you can find support and accountability as you work toward your writing goals. Sign up here: https://ow.ly/KYsL50ZnTyY
Calling all #SPSP2027 submitters: Make sure to send us your podium presentation abstracts by today at 11:59 PM PT! Learn more: https://ow.ly/8HcY50ZnTw9 Last-minute questions or concerns? DM us here or email meetings[at]spsp[dot]org!
📊 New #PSPB research: Whether people regulate their emotions depends on their beliefs about the controllability of emotions and factors like familiarity. The study helps us understand when emotion regulation is initiated in day-to-day life. Read more: https://ow.ly/QIeQ50ZnPIx
Tomorrow's the final day to submit a podium presentation for #SPSP2027 - this means Symposia, Single Paper Presentations, Data Blitzes, and Professional Development Sessions & Workshops! Learn more and submit here: https://ow.ly/8b4v50ZnQcQ Questions? DM us!
SPSP is helping our early career and student members connect this summer with virtual writing groups. Check out the schedule today and RSVP to join an online community where you can find support and reach your writing goals: https://ow.ly/4S2950Zn5IS
Looking for a co-author as you work on your #SPSP2027 submission? Check out SPSP's Collaboration Zone before July 16 to find scholars who share your interests and connect today! Search listings here: https://ow.ly/xgGX50Zn5Ex
New #PSPB research: Upwardly mobile individuals are credited with greater tenacity, seen as less sensitive to pain, and ultimately deemed to require less pain treatment. The study opens a new avenue of research on social class and pain perception. 📑: https://ow.ly/LU3B50ZmWt5
it's SPSP #MemberMonday! This week, check out an interview with Hazel Rose Markus and Sage CEO Blaise Simqu, in which Dr. Markus discusses her career and how people build their own worlds. ⏯️: https://ow.ly/L05J50ZmX06
SPSP Member Resource Spotlight: As uncertainty around federal funding grows, many scholars are turning to private foundations to drive their research. Learn how to navigate the grant-seeking process - especially useful for early career scholars! ⏯️: https://ow.ly/C4up50Zmtkg
If you want to share your personality and social psychology research with thousands of scholars from around the world, you'll want to present at #SPSP2027. SPSP is accepting podium presentation submissions until 📅July 16📅! Submit abstracts here: https://ow.ly/ZlQX50Zmol7
Most advice about healthy aging focuses on eating well, exercising, and getting enough sleep. But new research suggests that having difficult people in your life might also take a toll on your body over time. Read more: https://ow.ly/mM8F50Zmo1a
The submission deadline for #SPSP2027 podium presentations is coming up on July 16! Still looking for a co-author to put the finishing touch on your abstract? Find your next research partner with SPSP's Collaboration Zone! Start here: https://ow.ly/wQ6W50ZlHop
Networking and community connection are important features of the Division 8 program at #APA2026. Join fellow SPSP members and members of other APA divisions for a social hour during the APA Convention! Learn more: https://ow.ly/TfRu50ZlGLi
New research suggests that social norms about effort can shape how people approach challenging tasks—even when their outcomes are completely independent from those of others. Read more: https://ow.ly/hWPt50ZlguX
Personality and social psychologists: Want to share your research with thousands of scholars while building new connections and advancing your work? Submit an abstract for #SPSP2027! Podium presentation submissions are due by July 16, 11:59 PM PT: https://ow.ly/YMhy50ZlgTX
The Office of Management and Budget is proposing sweeping changes to federal grantmaking that would undermine scientific integrity. Public comments are due by July 13 and SPSP members are encouraged to respond! This tool can help you craft comments: https://ow.ly/lHGI50ZlC1J
Schools play a vital role in how children and adolescents experience and understand diversity. New research reviews the concept of cultural diversity climate in schools, focusing on five key aspects that shape how cultural diversity is approached. Read more in #PSPR: https://ow.ly/Z5EU50ZkFSR
Could oversharing and "embracing cringe" actually boost connection more than we think? This #MemberMonday, we're listening to SPSP member Nick Epley discuss the line between sharing and oversharing in a recent episode of The Happiness Lab. Listen here: https://ow.ly/CMAO50ZkGLR
Graduate school challenges aren’t experienced equally—and that may shape who stays in academia. New research examines how students' finances, racial or gender identities, and other factors can shape their journey - and what it means for the future of the field: https://ow.ly/5nel50ZjNh8
🤔How does intellectual humility relate to well-being? 📈New research suggests that appreciating the knowledge and abilities of people around us - interpersonal intellectual humility - is linked to better well-being. Read more in #PSPB: https://ow.ly/uswA50ZiPyh
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has proposed a new rule that would jeopardize scientific integrity in federal grantmaking. Join COSSA tomorrow at 2 PM ET to learn more and find out how you can speak out against this rule: https://ow.ly/e6O650ZioSY
Call all student and early career members of SPSP: Looking to join a virtual community that provides you with support and motivation for reaching your writing goals this summer? RSVP for a SPSP Writing Group today! Find a session that works for you here: https://ow.ly/r4PK50ZikY9
For early career psychologists, finding a community with shared interests and experiences can help advance your work and strengthen our field. Join an SPSP virtual writing group this summer to connect with other early career scholars! Start here: https://ow.ly/5bWH50ZhgFL
Why do people support some policies but not others? New research finds that causal beliefs only predict policy support when they match the specific policy being proposed. Read more in #PSPB: https://ow.ly/cRUU50ZgpXZ
Students: Are you working at home this summer and missing the sense of community that comes with a study group? Sign up for one of SPSP's Writing Groups to chat with other students and make progress on your research! Learn more + sign up here: https://ow.ly/GshL50Zgqkw
Why join SPSP? For Alma Jeftic, it means collaborating with scholars in a variety of disciplines from around the world, connecting over a shared dedication to advancing psychological science. Learn more in our latest Member Spotlight: https://ow.ly/FJ9p50Zgiiw
📊 New research: Believing that you are slipping down the socioeconomic ladder (a feeling known as perceived downward mobility) can have a negative impact on well-being by boosting status anxiety. Read more in #PSPB: https://ow.ly/6Wu650ZfUBL
SPSP will be hosting a wide array of engaging personality and social psych sessions at #APA2026 in August. Check out the Invited Addresses that are part of the Division 8 program, then save your spot today before prices go up! Learn more: https://ow.ly/IptJ50ZghOb
It's #MemberMonday at SPSP! Congrats to Elizabeth Dunn, whose new book (Leave the Lights on) was listed among the Best of June 2026 by New Scientist! Leave the Lights On, co-authored with Jiaying Zhao, applies joy to climate action. Learn more: https://ow.ly/l0Xq50ZfjtH