Increasing political polarization in the United States and worldwide necessitates
understanding of the key factors that can help shift different political groups' attitudes and …

Abstract Shteynberg's (Journal of Consumer Psychology, 2024) work on collective
consciousness offers unique and meaningful insights into consumer behavior by …

Background Quarantine is one of the most effective interventions to contain an infectious
disease outbreak, yet it is one of the most disruptive. We investigated the quarantine of an …

Public adoption of preventative behaviors to reduce the transmission of COVID‐19 is crucial
to managing the pandemic, and so it is vital to determine what factors influence the uptake of …

Affiliation is a basic human need, especially during difficult times. To what extent did the
need to affiliate limit our capacity to abide by health guidelines, in particular regarding social …

Objectives Physical distancing and handwashing can be important infection prevention
measures during an infectious disease outbreak such as the COVID‐19 pandemic. To …

Background Physical distancing is an effective preventative measure during respiratory
infectious disease outbreaks. Prior studies on distancing behaviors have largely ignored …

Older adults' risk from COVID-19 led many, especially in the first year of pandemic, to travel
less frequently and take shorter trips. Studies document declines in driving and walking, but …

This project sought to understand when ideology is relevant (or not) to predicting contact
avoidance of 'others' during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Right‐leaning ideologies (political …

The Behavioral Immune System (BIS, Schaller & Park, 2011) is a defense system whose
function is to protect against pathogen exposure. Memory is an important component of this …