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We’re back with a new episode of #PrincipleOfCharity. This week, experts in the field of trigger warnings @nbedera and @toribridgland join us to dissect their effectiveness. Is it better to confront our triggers as we navigate difficult conversations? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pri…

Given the ubiquity of trigger warnings, I was surprised by research that they may do more harm than good wsj.com/articles/do-tr…

Excellent coverage of our content warnings meta-analysis by the Wall Street Journal! I was especially happy with the quote they chose to feature - if that's all someone takes away from this, then the research effort was worth it. wsj.com/articles/do-tr…

I’m triggered every time I see a "Trigger Warning" because I’m reminded of how weak my country has become.

It was very surreal to come across this incidentally and see that it referenced my studies! For anyone interested, the meta-analysis on TWs he references is here: osf.io/cgzdn And the study on trauma survivors he references is here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21…

Our new study — which finds that content warnings reduce the perceived beauty of art — has been accepted for publication at the journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. See below for a thread w/link to the preprint!

Hey psych Twitter, does anyone have any recommendations or know of any papers about using attention checks (for online surveys) in adolescent populations (14-17 y\olds)? I am struggling to find anything! Academic Chatter™ #psychtwitter

Interested in self-triggering symptoms in PTSD? Give a listen to Benjamin Bellet on a great episode of the Colloquy podcast

Meta-Analysis: Trigger warnings don’t help people emotionally prepare for distressing material, or lead them to avoid it – the two things they’re intended to do. Their main effect seems to be to make people more anxious about encountering the material. doi.org/10.1177/216770…

Trigger warnings are not effective. 24 studies, 7k people: alerts about upsetting content don't prevent distress or promote learning. All they do is raise anxiety. The best way to shield mental health isn't to sound an alarm beforehand. It's to make support available afterward.

📢 New Research Alert! Our paper examining the impact of trigger warnings, content warnings, and content notes is finally out in Clinical Psychological Science. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21… Thread below for a concise summary of the main findings:

The Illusion of 'Following the Science' in the War Over Trigger Warnings Victoria Bridgland and I cover our trigger warnings meta-analysis on the Heterodox Academy (Heterodox Academy) blog! heterodoxacademy.org/blog/the-illus…

Was a pleasure to be featured on Insight on SBS talking about my trigger warning research! Ep available here: sbs.com.au/ondemand/news-…

🎧 New Under the Cortex podcast with Victoria Bridgland exploring her meta-analysis results on how contrary to popular belief, trigger warnings do not have a negative or positive effect on learning outcomes but do increase anticipatory anxiety. Listen now! psychologicalscience.org/news/utc-2023-…

🌟Featured in latest issue: The design of sensitive-content screens⚠️on #Instagram shapes our information-seeking behaviors📲, according to a recent experiment by @erin_simister, Victoria Bridgland, Paul Williamson, & Melanie Takarangi. Read more here:  tinyurl.com/3cpvvn6c

Trigger warnings do not work, according to recent meta-analysis psypost.org/2023/12/trigge… by Mane Kara-Yakoubian via @psypost w Victoria Bridgland et al. "...the current research indicates that trigger warnings are not effective and might only induce a short-term increase in negative

Great episode on Search Engine about trigger warnings: what do they (or don't they) do? Including some helpful research by Victoria Bridgland. pca.st/episode/2e6bc2…

New preprint on trigger warnings! Previous studies have found that trigger warnings don't "work". So why have they spread everywhere? One theory, put forward by both advocates for trigger warnings and critics is that they *send important social signals*.

Clinical psychology “anti-reading list”: 1. The Body Keeps the Score 2. Thinking Fast and Slow 3. Emotional Intelligence — Goleman 4. Grit — Duckworth 5. The Mismeasure of Man — Gould

Why do professors often make a point of saying their classroom is a "safe space"? And why has the practice spread so rapidly? One reason might be that it sends a social signal that they (the professor) are caring and trustworthy.