When dating, we can come to depend on others for validation. Sometimes, the reassurance we need comes from an outside source. It’s nice to have someone who gives compliments and boosts our self-esteem ...

It is reasonable for anyone to want their ideas, choices, achievements, or opinions validated by those around them. After all, what is the first thing we do as children when we accomplish something?

Psychologist, author and adjunct instructor at Stanford University Caroline Fleck, PhD, has a new book out entitled Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your ...

You upload a picture to social media. In minutes, you're obsessively refreshing, counting likes, dissecting comments. Ring a bell? Welcome to the validation loop, a psychological cycle that's ...

Although self-confidence is an excellent trait to possess, this is an uncertain world—and many of us may naturally, and understandably, seek reassurance from others. At times, this is also referred to ...