Longitudinal study finds that prosociality is consistently associated with greater willingness to receive a COVID-19 vaccine
A longitudinal study among a Polish sample has uncovered a consistent, bidirectional relationship between prosociality and willingness to receive a...
Dark personality traits linked to health and safety risk taking, which can explain noncompliance with COVID-19 measures
Differences in personality traits that can explain why people do and do not comply with COVID-19 protective measures (e.g., social...
New study links negative childhood experiences to vaccine resistance in adulthood
When we compared the early life histories of those who were vaccine resistant to those who were not we found...
COVID-19 infection linked to increased nightmare frequency
People who have had COVID-19 tend to report having more nightmares than people who have not been infected by the...
New study underlines the importance of solidarity for frontline worker welfare
A new psychological study from the CV19 Heroes project has been published with the international journal Social Science & Medicine...
New research uncovers a surprising link between conscientiousness and vaccine hesitancy
A new study has identified several psychological factors, including psychopathic tendencies and narcissism, that are related to vaccine hesitancy. The...
Intelligent people became less happy during the pandemic — but the opposite was true for unintelligent people
During COVID-19, more intelligent individuals became less happy than less intelligent individuals for the first time in their lives. In...
Large study finds closed-mindedness predicts non-compliance with preventive COVID-19 measures
Closed-minded individuals are less likely to adhere to COVID-19 preventive behaviors, such as physical distancing, according to new research that...
Sexism among fathers is tied to increased aggression toward partners and children during lockdown, study finds
Fathers who more strongly endorsed hostile sexism were more aggressive toward their partners and children during confinement, according to a...
Dark personality traits associated with maladaptive responses to the COVID-19 pandemic
Research published in Personality and Individual Differences found that “dark” personality traits (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, narcissism, sadism, spitefulness) are generally associated...
Even mild cases of COVID-19 might result in brain shrinkage and impaired cognitive function
For the first time, a new study has investigated the effects of mild COVID (that is, infection that doesn’t lead...
Focus on money lessened throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
A series of three studies examined the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on materialism, finding an overall decrease in the...
Unvaccinated Trump supporters are mostly unmoved by expert messaging, study finds
Trump voters are more likely to be swayed by a political figure endorsing the COVID-19 vaccine rather than factual, scientific...
National narcissism identified as a robust predictor of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories
New research published Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin provides evidence that national narcissism is strongly tied to the spread of...
Trust in Trump’s pandemic performance linked to reduced knowledge about COVID-19
Greater trust in Donald Trump predicts reduced COVID-19 knowledge, while greater trust in scientists predicts more knowledge, according to new...
