COVID-19

New research provides evidence that how people in the United States respond to the coronavirus pandemic is related to their partisan media preferences. The study, published in the journal BMJ Global Health, indicates that those who trust left-leaning CNN more...

A new study published in Personality and Individual Differences offers evidence that authoritarian beliefs proliferate at both ends of the political spectrum. Moreover, these beliefs can predict the endorsement of disciplinarian policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Right-wing Authoritarianism (RWA)...

People with a poor understanding of quantitative information are more likely to endorse myths about COVID-19 and those who believe such misinformation are less likely to follow public health guidance such as wearing a mask in public, according to new...

A study published in PLOS One found that 65% of Americans were partaking in social distancing during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. The generational group most likely to be social distancing was Baby Boomers. Since the onset of...

People who believe that the antimalarial drug chloroquine is an effective remedy against COVID-19 are less likely to say they will receive a vaccination for the virus when one is available, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychology....

Moral disengagement, a cognitive mechanism that allows someone to ignore their own sense of moral accountability, might help explain why those with "dark" personality traits are more likely to ignore social distancing guidelines meant to slow the spread of COVID-19....

Republican criticism of epidemiological models of the spread and impact of COVID-19 do not appear to have much effect on the public's trust in science and support for science-based policy, according to a new study published in Science Advances. But...

A new study has found that people who enjoy horror movies tend to report lower levels of psychological distress in response to the outbreak of COVID-19. The findings, published in Personality and Individual Differences, indicate that the type of fiction...

Contrary to popular belief, the psychological impacts of social distancing and lockdown measures are hitting introverted individuals harder than their extraverts counterparts, according to new research published in Frontiers in Psychology. The study suggests that personality dispositions can play an...

Social distancing substantially varies by income in the United States, according to research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The new study provides evidence that wealthier communities went from being the most mobile before the COVID-19...

New research indicates there was a steep decline in trust of COVID-19 information provided by U.S. government sources between March and April, during the initial stages of the coronavirus outbreak. The study has been accepted for publication in the journal...

An analysis of millions of tweets sent during the early stages of the novel coronavirus outbreak in the United States suggests that polarized discussions on Twitter have increasingly politicized the issue of COVID‐19. The study found that right-leaning Twitter users...

Social distancing and mask wearing is extremely common in the United States. But younger people, white people, men, and those with lower incomes are less likely than their counterparts to engage in measures that mitigate the spread of the novel...

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that the American public is highly susceptible to endorsements from public leaders regarding unproven COVID-19 drug therapies — even when such drugs have been linked to fatal poisonings. Although no current drug...

A British study published in Psychological Medicine suggests that the endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 may be more widespread than expected. Furthermore, this lack of trust in public health information could be impeding the country’s efforts to slow the...