Discover Psychology

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Discover Psychology is an open access journal publishing findings in all fields of psychology, including clinical, social, cognitive, biological, personality, sports, organizational, developmental, animal, health, and cultural psychology.

Indexed in DOAJ, ESCI and SCOPUS with a CiteScore 2024 of 1.1.
Topics include health, environment, neuroscience, business, economics, ergonomics, and more.
A Discover journal focused on speed of submission and review, service, and integrity.

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Ahmed Moustafa

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The Impact of AI-Driven Mental Health Interventions on Human Rights: Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications

Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into mental health services is a transformative shift in service delivery, likely to bring unprecedented...

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Mathematics, Science, and Statistics Anxiety Across Learners and Educators: Cognitive, Affective, and Educational Perspectives

This collection invites original research, theoretical contributions, and reviews on mathematics, science, and statistics anxiety, both in students...

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The Associations of Affective Temperament, Parental Bonding Style, and Lifestyle with Mental Health

Since Kraepelin described four basic affective dispositions of depressive, manic, cyclothymic, and irritable ones as Grundzustaende of...

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Latest articles

Polarized perceptions—how anchoring shaped voter expectations to the 2024 presidential election
Layton Seth Curl
Courtney A. Rocheleau
Brief Report Open access 17 June 2025 Article: 43
EFL teacher perceptions of student beliefs attitudes and motivation in online learning
Mohamed Mekheimer
Research Open access 16 June 2025 Article: 42
Mental health promotion in disasters: exploring the synergy of artificial intelligence, spirituality, and psychology: a SWOT analysis
Rasoul Fattahipour
Simintaj Sharififar
Milad Ahmadi Marzaleh
Research Open access 12 June 2025 Article: 41
Understanding mental health impacts of climate change through lived experiences in at risk populations
Javeria Asim
Uzma Ilyas
Research Open access 10 June 2025 Article: 40
Relationship between physical activity and fundamental movement skills and mental health in Chinese elementary school children
Jun Chen
Xiaozan Wang
Research Open access 30 May 2025 Article: 38

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Electronic ISSN: 2731-4537
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The Impact of AI-Driven Mental Health Interventions on Human Rights: Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications

Mathematics, Science, and Statistics Anxiety Across Learners and Educators: Cognitive, Affective, and Educational Perspectives

The Associations of Affective Temperament, Parental Bonding Style, and Lifestyle with Mental Health

Latest articles

Polarized perceptions—how anchoring shaped voter expectations to the 2024 presidential election

EFL teacher perceptions of student beliefs attitudes and motivation in online learning

Mental health promotion in disasters: exploring the synergy of artificial intelligence, spirituality, and psychology: a SWOT analysis

Understanding mental health impacts of climate change through lived experiences in at risk populations

Relationship between physical activity and fundamental movement skills and mental health in Chinese elementary school children

Journal updates

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Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

Meet the Editor-in-Chief for Discover Psychology

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