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People who use willpower alone to achieve goals, resist temptation, deemed more trustworthy

April 11, 2024 sarah JonasResearch Results

People who use willpower to overcome temptations and achieve their goals are perceived as more trustworthy than those who use strategies that involve external incentives or deterrents – such as swear jars or internet-blocking apps – according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Familiarity breeds contempt for moral failings

October 17, 2023 sarah JonasResearch Results

People judge members of their own circles more harshly than they judge individuals from other groups for the same transgressions, new Cornell research has found.

Study examines voters’ threshold for transgressions by political candidates

August 4, 2022 sarah JonasResearch Results

University of Illinois Chicago researchers explore voters’ decisions when they learn their favored candidates have committed moral transgressions

Sex Creators – A New Marginalized Profession that needs to be understood

June 17, 2022 sarah JonasFeature

Don’t be quick to judge the marginalized “Sex Creator” profession! A lecturer at Chula’s Faculty of Law urges all parties to understand the changing social context, and the government to regulate rather than suppress those in this profession while ensuring protection for all genders, and promoting sexual health and legal freedom of expression.