Donald Trump

Previous research has found that messages with moral-emotional words are more likely to go viral on social media -- a phenomenon dubbed the moral contagion effect. Now, a new study on the diffusion of political messages on Twitter has found...

New research published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that Donald Trump was more effective than Hillary Clinton in connecting with the studio audience during their first debate. "This builds on a long-term research that I started with my book 'Debatable...

Some key findings from a 2014 psychology study about perceptions of discrimination against White people have failed to replicate. The study, which was conducted while Barack Obama was president, found that White people who believed the current U.S. social hierarchy...

One of the most contentious areas of health policy over the past two decades has been the safety of vaccination. Vaccines prevent the outbreak of diseases that used to be widespread, like polio, and scientific consensus strongly supports their safety....

A new study published in PLOS One indicates that Donald Trump performed worse than previous GOP presidential candidates among those who frequently use the internet. "Given the amount of discussion surrounding the use of the internet around the 2016 election...

Results from four scientific surveys indicate that supporters of Donald Trump in 2016 were more likely than supporters of other Republican candidates to exhibit signs of authoritarian aggression and endorse group-based dominance. The research was published in the journal Social...

There has been much speculation about what makes Donald Trump's supporters tick. But new psychology research suggests outside observers may be prone to error when trying to understand their motivations. The study, published in the journal Cognition, found that people...

New research on the 2016 U.S. presidential election provides evidence that charisma may serve as a balance to narcissism. The study was published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. "I study charismatic leadership and wanted to explore the association...

Donald Trump voters became more likely to believe their vote was counted correctly following the election, despite the presidential candidate's own claims that the voting process was a sham. The new findings appear in the scientific journal Political Research Quarterly....

Donald Trump secured early support from voters with a particular set of personality traits, according to a new study published in American Politics Research. The researchers were interested in better understanding the psychological mechanisms underlying Trump's success in the Republican...

Some young adults in the United States experienced an increase in biological stress after Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, according to new research that appears in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology. The study measured levels of the stress hormone cortisol...

New research indicates that psychology experts who have been used in studies to judge Donald Trump's personality traits are biased against him. The study, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, found that perceptions of Trump's personality where strongly...

People with similar values to Donald Trump were more likely to support his candidacy for president. A new study on the personal values of Trump supporters suggests they have little interest in altruism but do seek power over others, are...

Having a more politically diverse network of Facebook friends made people shrink away from "Liking" a Donald Trump's or Hillary Clinton's pages during the 2016 U.S. election, according to recently published research. "I began to be interested in the topic...

A computer algorithm could help determine whether political candidates are being truthful or deceptive. New research published in Applied Cognitive Psychology used a computerized linguistic algorithm grounded in memory theory to analyze the veracity of statements from the 2016 presidential...