COVID-19

Flight attendants who were grounded at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic showed severe symptoms of depression and stress, according to a study published in Frontiers in Psychology. Those who were flying during this time showed severe symptoms of anxiety....

New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that intellectual humility is a trait that may protect against misinformation in the media or “fake news.” A series of studies found that people with greater intellectual humility were consistently...

Nearly two in five U.S. adults expressed hesitation about getting a COVID-19 vaccine in newly publish scientific research. The study, published in the journal Vaccine, found that intention to vaccinate was highest for men, older people, individuals who identified as...

According to new research, the fear and uncertainty characterizing the coronavirus pandemic may lead certain personalities to be more likely to follow safety guidelines. The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, found that the tendency to feel like a victim...

People with greater feelings of anxiety and lack of control during the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic were more likely to endorse some conspiracy theories about the deadly virus, according to new research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. "Our...

New research from Brazil helps to untangle the relationships between conspiracy beliefs, political partisanship, and support for COVID-19 prevention measures. The study provides more evidence that polarization endangers the effectiveness of public strategies to cope with the pandemic. "My main...

Those who are hostile to revising their beliefs in the face of new information are more likely to hold anti-vaccination sentiments and are less willing to be vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a new study published in the Journal of...

People with a heightened sense of entitlement are more likely to believe that measures intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are unfair, which in turn is associated with reduced compliance with such measures, according to new research from China....

Donald Trump appears to have benefited from a rally-round-the-flag effect among Republicans concerned with COVID-19 during the early stages of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States, according to new research published in PLOS One. But this effect had...

Individuals with a better grasp of scientific reasoning are less likely to fall prey to false conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research published in the Journal of Health Psychology. "At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic...

A new study has found that the early stages of the COVID‐19 pandemic coincided with increases in support for traditional gender roles among U.S. adults, suggesting that the coronavirus outbreak is linked to a small shift towards social conservatism. The...

A new study in the journal Research & Politics provides evidence that populist attitudes are correlated with conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 in the United States. The findings indicate that populism -- which pits "the people" against "the elites" -- plays...

A new study that examined anonymous cell phone tracking data shows that shelter-in-place orders worked better in some regions of the United States than others. The findings, which appear in PLOS One, suggest that political partisanship and other factors played...

While some women-led countries are faring better than men-led countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new research published in the scientific journal PLOS One indicates that this trend is not universally true. The findings suggest that the perception of women leaders...

New research from the University of California at Irvine suggests that Donald Trump's tweets influenced the spread of misinformation about COVID-19. The study, which appears in JAMA Network Open, examined social media data from Twitter to capture changes in the...