COVID-19

A prospective study published in the journal Child Development found that adolescents’ attachment security at age 12 predicted their engagement in prosocial and health protective behaviors three years later, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study further found that this relationship...

"Our favorite celebrities and fictional characters may become even more important components of our social worlds when we experience severe alterations to our friendships. Moreover, if we rely solely on media technologies to stay in touch with real-life friends, the...

Individuals who rely heavily on social media for news, and who trust social media as a source of information, are particularly susceptible to conspiracy theories, according to new research published in the journal Public Understanding of Science.

According to two studies conducted in Serbia during the COVID-19 lockdown, elite athletes and individuals who engaged in vigorous levels of exercise demonstrated the lowest psychological distress during this time. The findings, published in Frontiers in Psychology, further underscored the...

The two-wave study surveyed residents of the United States, Italy, Denmark, and Hungary and found that the perceived psychological burden of COVID-19 was associated with increased antisystemic attitudes and stronger intentions to participate in political violence.

New findings published in PLOS One suggest that even people who are highly concerned about fake news are susceptible to sharing it.

New psychology research indicates that cognitive ability exacerbates political polarization in responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study, published in Intelligence, found that people with greater verbal ability tended to have more polarized responses, which may be related to their...

Scientists have uncovered a cluster of psychological characteristics associated with people who refuse to comply with COVID-19 safety regulations. Their new findings, published in the journal PLOS One, shed light on the individual factors and attitudes underlying deviant behavior during...

The uncertainties, loss and isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated restrictions have disrupted many people’s emotional well-being. This has been exacerbated by the constantly evolving public health guidelines and news stories, which increase anxiety and fear in many...

Scientists are learning more about the long-term neuropsychiatric symptoms associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection. New findings from researchers at Columbia University provide preliminary evidence that depression, insomnia, and trauma-related symptoms might grow worse over time. Previous research, which examined the electronic...

People who endorsed President Donald Trump's denials of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic were more likely to adopt justifications for deviant behavior related to social distancing, according to new research conducted during the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak....

According to a study published in Psychological Medicine, a fear of blood, injections, and other medical procedures can explain about 10% of cases of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in the United Kingdom. The researchers call for initiatives to make the vaccination...

Boredom might be a more important element of the pandemic than previously thought. This is the conclusion of one study published in Personality and Individual Differences, in which researchers from the University of Waterloo and Duke University compared levels of...