While people were interested and even willing to reach out, they were hesitant to make the first move. They worried whether their old friend would have time for the connection, or if they would ...

(In some studies in this series, participants either recalled a time in their life when this happened, or imagined it happening, either as the person reaching out or the person being reached out to.) ...

Why wouldn't you be reaching out to the person who's disappeared off Facebook or maybe the friend who just isn't acting themselves?" Dr. Motto died in 2015 at the age of 93.

Texting a Black acquaintance about racial injustice might send the message: "Can you signal back to me that I’m a good white person?" Here's what anti-racism experts want you to know.

But people still like connections to friends and family- particularly at a hectic time like the holiday season. So reach out via Twitter, Instagram , text, emoji or email. Personally, I’m old ...

This could be if your contact is inappropriate to the relationship, how the person might be now versus how you knew them, or if you or your friend has negative feelings toward the relationship.

Psychologists Asked 1,000 People to Reach Out to an Old Friend. Strange and Beautiful Things Happened. New psychology research shows just how weirdly reluctant people are to reach out to old ...

To figure out the reason for this discrepancy between how people think a friend will respond to a “just because” reach-out and how they actually do, the researchers looked at what each group ...