Abstract This paper considers a new problem for desire theories of well-being. The claims that these are implausible because they misvalue the effects fleeting desires, long-standing and fluctuations in strength on I begin by investigating version theory well-being, simple concurrentism, fails to capture intuitions cases. then argue well-being suitably stability-adjusted can avoid this problem....

How often and how strongly do people experience desires, to what extent do their desires conflict with other goals, and how often and successfully do people exercise self-control to resist their desires? To investigate desire and attempts to control desire in everyday life, we conducted a large-scale experience sampling study based on a conceptual framework integrating desire strength, conflict...

Abstract The present study explored links between the Dark Tetrad (i.e., psychopathy, narcissism, Machiavellianism, sadism) personality traits and different forms of desired control in romantic relationships. These include via surveillance threats, over every-day routines autonomous behaviour. Participants (N = 318, women = 172, men = 146) were invited Prolific data collection site to take part...

BACKGROUND Medical cannabis dispensaries following the social or hybrid model offer supplementary holistic services in addition to dispensing medical cannabis. Historically, alternative physical health services have been the norm for these dispensaries, including services such as yoga, acupuncture, or chiropractor visits. A clinical service dearth remains for medical cannabis patients seeking s...

come to understand phenomena. By stripping all this away, Harris fails in the enterprise of understanding the past: describing what researchers thought they saw and explaining why they thought they were right. What were they really doing when they were thinking about cells and their place in the animated body? His stripping away of the interpretative matrix also devalues the contributions micro...

Mental retardation, a condition characterized by significantly lower than average intellectual ability and adaptive behavior deficits, currently affects between 2% and 3% of the population. Individuals with mental retardation experience many difficulties throughout their lives, with one such difficulty being that they have few opportunities for community involvement and often have few social re...