Maladaptive behaviors interfere with a person’s daily activities, ability to adjust, or ability to participate in certain settings. Maladaptive behavior can appear in various ways, including avoidance ...

When it comes to understanding differing human behaviors about those around us, we often turn to popular indicators like Myers-Briggs Type, the Big 5, or Enneagrams as frameworks. These personality ...

Children fall broadly into four eating categories, according to new research at Aston University, and parents feed their children differently depending on those categories. The four categories ...

Source: "Stay a child while you can be a child" by Rachel Samanyi / Flickr CC by 2.0 As a parent, you want your child to behave in certain ways – smart, fun, polite, careful. Sometimes, they do, but ...

Suppose you want to eat healthier, exercise more, or avoid getting in arguments with your partner. Each of these requires behavior change, but changing behavior can be challenging. An important first ...

You’re reading your child’s IEP, evaluation report, or behavior plan and suddenly you’re stuck on a phrase that feels ...

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A person can display behavior that seeks positive or negative attention. Both children and adults may display attention-seeking behavior. Attention-seeking behavior can appear as acting out, excessive ...

According to psychology, there are subtle behaviors that people who are exhausting to be around typically display. While these types of behavior aren't always a problem in isolation, when faced with a ...