Donald Trump

New research suggests that the election of Donald Trump in 2016 was not associated with a subsequent large-scale increase in depression among Democrats in the United States. The study, which was published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, used...

New research provides evidence that individuals with certain racial, ethnic, sexual and religious identities experience more psychological distress from Donald Trump's presidency. The study, published in the American Journal of Community Psychology, suggests that individuals who belong to multiple marginalized...

New research has found that Americans who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 are particularly prone to anti-vaccination attitudes and that these attitudes can be exacerbated by the president's tweets. The findings have been published in the Journal of Experimental...

The desire to matter and feel significant among Donald Trump supporters is associated with support for hostile and vindictive actions against the president's political rivals, according to new research published in the journal Political Psychology. In a series of studies...

New psychology research indicates "there is hope for couples who are feeling the effects of political polarization." The study, published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, suggests that increasing relationship maintenance behaviors can decrease the perceived stress and...

People tend to become more trusting of news stories after being exposed to President Donald Trump's tweets attacking so-called "fake news," according to new research published in Mass Communication and Society. The findings provide evidence that Trump's tweets are having...

Some Americans have developed mechanisms to cope with the heightened levels of emotionality associated with the news media during President Donald Trump's administration, according to new research. The study, published in Journalism, indicates that for many Americans the news and...

New research suggests that President Donald Trump's affinity for fast food can influence the public's dietary intentions, and potentially contribute to a greater disease burden on society. The new study, published in the journal Appetite, builds upon research that has...

Specific subgroups of right- and left-wingers are more receptive to pseudo-profound bullshit, according to new research published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Pseudo-profound bullshit describes statements that can appear to be deep but have no real meaning, such as...

The comment sections of blogs can influence perceptions of consensus, which can in turn influence beliefs about climate change, according to new research published in the journal Memory & Cognition. The findings suggest that readers "may be nudged towards rejection...

When Ted Cruz was running for president in 2016, he tried to cater to conservative voters by pledging not to provide gluten-free meals to members of the military. But new research indicates that conservatives are just as likely as liberals...

New research published in The Journal of Psychology has found that supporters of Donald Trump in 2016 were more likely to evaluate others through a lens of weakness versus strength, while supporters of Bernie Sanders were more likely to believe...

Supporters of Donald Trump scored slightly higher on a measure of "modern sexism" in the days after the 2016 election, according to research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. The study found that there was a increase in sexist...

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...