There is a distinction that one learns about on the first day of a course in psychological research methods. It is the difference between internal and external validity. Internal validity is ...

In everyday language, the term validity is typically used to describe something as being trustworthy or legit. It's meaning in psychology suggests something similar—it's all about whether we can trust ...

Clinical psychology has long recognized that psychological distress and therapeutic change involve more than cognitive processes alone. Emotion regulation, ...