When humans interact with each other and engage in everyday activities, they typically follow various undefined rules, also known as social norms. These rules include things like greeting ...

While there’s still an element of mental health stigma that urges people, especially men, to suppress their emotions and ...

As our unwritten social constructs change and evolve over time, as a 2024 study suggests, there's certainly expectations and social norms that no longer serve our collective well-being, but rather, ...

Loneliness is defined as “a distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships.” ...

There is no litter on the streets of Tokyo—and also no litter baskets. That combination tells us much about how this great city maintains its quality of life. Here, public order is preserved not ...

Societies are built upon the foundation of shared habits and unwritten rules. Social norms guide our behavior, from informal greetings to complex decision-making, imposing a sense of order and ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers reports on how social norms -- 'patterns of behaviors or values that depend on expectations about what others do and/or think should be done' -- can be ...