High school students who attended school remotely during the pandemic report worse social, emotional, and academic well-being
A recent study published in Educational Researcher sheds light on how students were impacted by the transition to remote schooling during the COVID-19 crisis. A survey of high school students revealed that those who attended school remotely during the pandemic...
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New study suggests people turned to music to cope with psychological and emotional challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic
A study published in Psychology of Music suggests that people adjusted their music listening habits as a way of coping with the COVID-19 crisis. Israeli survey respondents reported that they increased their music listening during the initial lockdown and that...
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People with a conspiracy mindset are no less likely to accept vaccines — so long as their friends accept them, too
A study published in the British Journal of Health Psychology sheds light on a promising avenue for reducing vaccine hesitancy. The researchers found that when people with a conspiracy mindset perceived their social circle as being supportive of vaccines (including...
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Authoritarianism and negative affectivity emerge as personality factors behind problematic behavior during the pandemic
In a study published in Frontiers in Psychology, researchers looked for psychological traits that might explain the maladjusted behaviors witnessed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. They found that Italians who were higher in right-wing authoritarianism and negative affectivity...
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New study indicates that Americans became desensitized to COVID-19 news despite the rapidly increasing death toll
More than 600,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But new research provides evidence that people have become desensitized to the health threat posed by COVID-19. The study, published in...
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American adolescents feeling worried, unmotivated and disconnected from school during the COVID-19 pandemic
When the COVID-19 pandemic started, many U.S. teens were more worried about the disruption to their education than the possibility of getting sick. A May 2020 survey of high school students found that they reported academics and work habits to...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred a shift toward more traditional beliefs about mother and father roles, study suggests
The coronavirus pandemic has forced families to adjust their dynamics in various ways. According to a study published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, these changes may have led people to adopt more conventional gender role beliefs. Americans...
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Mask wearing might have unique effects on people who struggle with social anxiety
A new scientific review published in the journal Anxiety, Stress & Coping outlines some of the challenges that people who struggle with social anxiety might experience amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in 2020, governments...
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Americans who used Trump briefings to get COVID-19 information were less willing to wear a mask and socially distance, study finds
New research has found that watching Donald Trump's White House briefings was associated with reduced intentions to follow public health guidelines intended stop the spread of COVID-19 in 2020. The study, published in the journal Health Communication, indicates that the...
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People with anti-intellectual attitudes were less likely to wear masks and socially distance during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic
New research provides evidence of a connection between anti-intellectualism and the public's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings, which appear in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, indicate that anti-intellectual sentiment is associated with non-compliance with COVID-19 health directives, such...
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People who believe in science are more likely to wear masks in public to battle COVID-19
Belief in science predicts face mask wearing behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, according to a new study published in Personality and Individual Differences. The findings provide evidence that those who place a greater value in scientific...
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Large study finds COVID-19 is linked to a substantial deficit in intelligence
People who have recovered from COVID-19 tend to score significantly lower on an intelligence test compared to those who have not contracted the virus, according to new research published in The Lancet journal EClinicalMedicine. The findings suggest that the SARS-CoV-2...
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New study provides insight into how COVID-19 masks influence the psychology of facial attractiveness
New research published in the journal i-Perception indicates that wearing a sanitary mask can affect perceptions of facial attractiveness and that these perceptions have shifted in the wake of the novel coronavirus outbreak. "Because the impact of COVID-19 is so...
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Research with frontline workers explores the psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK and Ireland
Researchers at the University of Limerick’s RISE Lab and University of Gloucestershire’s HERA Lab have explored the experiences of frontline workers in the pandemic, as part of their CV19 Heroes project, uncovering new evidence for broader social influence in determining...
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New research uncovers some key differences in how Republicans and Democrats tweet about COVID-19
In a study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research, scientists used machine learning techniques to analyze hundreds of thousands of Twitter coronavirus-related messages from Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The researchers found that Democratic tweets tended to focus on...
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