New research provides evidence that the pandemic changed our personalities
A new study, published in PLOS ONE, suggests the COVID pandemic has indeed triggered much greater shifts in personality than...
Severe COVID-19 may increase the risk for schizophrenia
Researchers found that COVID-19 cases that resulted in hospitalization were associated with an 11% increase in risk for developing schizophrenia.
Study finds fourfold higher suicide risk among men who suffered loss of social status during the COVID-19 pandemic
A new online survey found that men who suffered a loss of social status due to the COVID-19 pandemic were...
Research explores the extent that frontline workers felt “in it together” during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland
A study has uncovered new evidence for factors that built and eroded solidarity experiences in frontline workers. The findings from...
Lower empathy partially explains why political conservatism is associated with riskier pandemic lifestyles
New research helps to explain the association between political conservatism and riskier pandemic lifestyles. According to new research published in...
Remote learning might have helped protect teenagers’ sense of community during COVID-19 school closures
New research published in Behavioral Sciences provides evidence that information and communications technologies helped to protect students' sense of community...
Increased anxiety and depression during the pandemic may be related to COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs
Research on mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic has shown an increase in depressive symptoms and anxiety. The pandemic has...
COVID-19 linked with a higher rate of psychiatric and brain disorders up to two years after infection
The risks of being diagnosed with some disorders, such as psychosis, seizures or epilepsy, brain fog and dementia, though mostly...
Countries with more stringent pandemic lockdowns had less mental illness-related Google searches
Many people feel their well-being and mental state suffered as a result of being locked inside during the early waves...
New study finds evidence for contamination effect in memory in relation to COVID-19
A recent study found that contaminated objects were better recalled than non-contaminated objects in the context of COVID-19. This study...
Left-wing authoritarianism predicts stronger support for punitive policies against unvaccinated Americans
A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences expands our understanding of how ideology shapes US citizens’ attitudes toward COVID-19 vaccine...
New study reveals how intellectual humility influences existentially-relevant moral decisions
Intellectual humility affects how people make moral decisions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a cross-cultural...
The use of maladaptive emotion regulation strategies is linked to worse coping during the first year of the pandemic
A Swiss study has shed light on how the use of specific emotion regulation strategies affected people’s coping during different...
Exposure to humorous memes about anti-vaxxers boosts intention to get a COVID-19 vaccine, study finds
A series of studies revealed that exposure to sarcastic memes about anti-vaxxers increased UK residents’ intention to receive a COVID-19...
New research suggests there is a complicated relationship between narcissism and mask wearing
Are narcissists less likely to wear a mask? A study published in Current Psychology suggests that the relationship is a...