People who are more prone to boredom and who are socially conservative are more likely to break public-health rules, according to new psychology research.
Jun 10, 2021
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Individuals' perceptions of science as a source of superior knowledge can predict the likelihood of mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study led by University of Maine psychology researchers.
Apr 30, 2021
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Timothy Callaghan, Ph.D., and Alva Ferdinand, DrPH, JD, from the Southwest Rural Health Research Center at Texas A&M University School of Public Health, joined colleagues in the first national study of how often people in ...
Feb 26, 2021
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America's stark racial disparities in health care have been exposed by COVID-19, but a new study from Michigan State University suggests that Black individuals are more likely than conservative White people to adhere to public ...
Feb 25, 2021
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Identification along the liberal/conservative spectrum may last a lifetime, but cognitive decline distorts our political choices, according to the first-of-its-kind study led by the University of California, Irvine. For those ...
Oct 30, 2020
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Virtually everyone agrees it's good to be healthy, but fewer people think of their health as a central part of their identity. New research from Iowa State University shows that encouraging people to think of health as an ...
Oct 29, 2020
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The spread of COVID-19 has increased Americans' support for government healthcare, unemployment insurance and "big government," a new study reveals.
Oct 15, 2020
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When people say that they want to change things about their personalities, they might not know about the inadvertent consequences these changes could bring. In fact, changes in personality may also lead to changes in political ...
Sep 16, 2020
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The collective effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic has been called the defining moment of the 21st century, or this generation's Second World War.
Jul 13, 2020
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Social scientists have long worked to understand the roots of racial prejudice in the U.S., and for years, the story went like this: As different groups are exposed to others, their prejudice against those others increases.
Aug 6, 2019
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