A study in Transcultural Psychiatry reports that forming deep bonds with characters in tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons can meaningfully improve players’ self-concept. The research ...

When it comes to personal change, most people focus on behavior: exercising more, eating healthier, setting bigger goals. But real transformation doesn’t start with action. It begins with the way you ...

Imagine having an internal compass that always points toward your true north. That’s what self-concept clarity feels like. It’s the degree to which your sense of self is clearly defined, stable, and ...

A new longitudinal study looked at how youths' self-concepts are linked to their actual academic achievement in math and reading from middle childhood to adolescence. The study found that students' ...