Research & Publications
Psychological Scholarship Across the Emotional, Existential, and Social Dimensions of Human Life
Peer-Reviewed. Evidence-Based. Globally Informed.
Original research and academic papers of Professor RJ Starr, offering psychologically grounded analyses of emotional culture, social fragmentation, and human behavior in a rapidly shifting world. Each paper is rooted in empirical inquiry and written to illuminate the psychological patterns behind civility, emotional maturity, identity collapse, trauma response, and collective resilience—connecting theory with the lived experience of modern life.
How Other Countries Stayed Kind While America Turned on Itself
American civility hasn’t just faded—it’s fractured. This post explores how emotional norms in the U.S. have shifted toward reactivity and mistrust, while other nations continue to prioritize restraint, kindness, and community-mindedness. Based on a new theoretical paper, it asks what we’ve lost—and what we might still recover.