Pandemic threat and authoritarian attitudes in Europe: An empirical analysis of the exposure to COVID-19

M Filsinger, M Freitag - European Union Politics, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
While analysis of the impact of threatening events has moved from bit player to center stage
in political science in recent decades, the phenomenon of pandemic threat is widely …

Immoral, infectious, or both? How disgust sensitivity predicts judgments of violations against COVID‐19 mitigation actions

S Schwarz, L Klümper, MT Jansen… - Social and Personality …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Violations against mitigation actions to prevent the spreading of the SARS‐CoV‐2 virus
causing COVID‐19, such as not wearing a mask or not practicing social distancing, were …

[HTML][HTML] This has already been used! A paradigm to measure the point at which people become unwilling to use reusable containers

HM Baird, K Meade, TL Webb - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
Reusing packaging and containers can significantly reduce plastic waste, yet little research
has considered whether people are willing to reuse containers, especially as they start to …

The onset of the covid-19 pandemic made people feel threatened, but had a limited impact on political attitudes in the united states

MJ Brandt, S Vallabha… - Personality and Social …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We investigated if the COVID-19 pandemic's onset caused changes in political attitudes.
Influential theories predict that the pandemic's onset will cause people to adopt more …

Computational Analysis of Linguistic Markers Reveals Group Identification Patterns During a Global Public Health Crisis

MZ Ma - Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Using a computational social science approach integrating evolutionary psychology, social
psychology, and intergroup relations, this research examined associations between disease …

Cultural tightness-looseness and individual differences in non-normativeness predict stigmatization of out-groups: a multilevel cross-cultural study

EG Ikizer, R Fischer, JR Kunst… - Personality and Social …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Although a large body of research has focused on the determinants of stigma, multilevel
approaches that can identify both micro-and macro-level influences are rarely employed. We …

Heterogeneous adaptive behavioral responses may increase epidemic burden

B Espinoza, S Swarup, CL Barrett, M Marathe - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) constitute the front-line responses against
epidemics. Yet, the interdependence of control measures and individual microeconomics …

Looking beyond vaccines: Cultural tightness–looseness moderates the relationship between immunization coverage and disease prevention vigilance

MZ Ma, SX Chen, X Wang - Applied Psychology: Health and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Advancements in vaccination technologies mitigate disease transmission risks but may
inadvertently suppress the behavioral immune system, an evolved disease avoidance …

Homo temporus: Seasonal Cycles as a Fundamental Source of Variation in Human Psychology

I Hohm, AS Wormley, M Schaller… - Perspectives on …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Many animal species exhibit seasonal changes in their physiology and behavior. Yet
despite ample evidence that humans are also responsive to seasons, the impact of seasonal …

[HTML][HTML] Pathogens are linked to human moral systems across time and space

M Atari, NK Reimer, J Graham, J Hoover… - Current Research in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Infectious diseases have been an impending threat to the survival of individuals and groups
throughout our evolutionary history. As a result, humans have developed psychological …