In a rapidly developing crisis such as the COVID‐19 pandemic, people are often faced with
contradictory or changing information and must determine what sources to trust. Across five …

Background Recent research has suggested that psychosocial factors influence the
antibody response to vaccine, including SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) vaccines. Here we …

Background Previous studies show that trust in science is an important predictor of health
behavior. While it varies significantly in the population, the factors explaining this variability …

Objective During the pandemic healthcare professionals and political leaders routinely used
traditional and new media outlets to publicly respond to COVID-19 myths and inaccuracies …

Trust in scientific actors and institutions in the United States is at an all-time low. At the same
time, studies show that people use social media for science information and become …

The drug overdose epidemic and Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
diminished the health of rural* communities in the United States, and their interaction had …

Despite evidence supporting numerous scientific issues (eg climate change, vaccinations)
many people still doubt the legitimacy of science. Moreover, individuals may be prone to …

Wearing face masks to prevent the spread of respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 has the
potential to impact social perception. In the present research, we explore differential …

Given that risk beliefs predict engagement in behaviors to prevent disease, it is important to
understand the factors associated with risk beliefs. In the present paper, we conducted path …

Sexual assault statistics are both widely disseminated and routinely challenged. Two studies
investigated reactions to sexual assault research through the lens of ideologically motivated …