Distressed Democrats and relaxed Republicans? Partisanship and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Bock, Sean; Schnabel, Landon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266562

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“…Although increased stress during the COVID-19 pandemic was a common phenomenon across the US, the increase differed between political groups. xvi Bock and Schnabel (2022) found a partisan distress gap, with Democrats reporting higher levels of distress than Republicans did. xvii Additionally, Calvillo, Ross, Garcia, Smelter, and Rutchick (2020) argued that there was a difference in the coverage of the pandemic between the media platforms of the different parties, with Democratic media emphasizing the severe risk of the pandemic, while Republican media were more sceptical of the risk.…”

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The Uneven Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Fatal Road Accidents

Fuks,

Gandal,

Gandal

2023

MRAJ

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One of the lesser-known categories of excess deaths of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US was that of fatal car crashes—road-death incidents went up despite the fact that driving decreased due to the lockdowns. Remarkably, then, while there was significantly less traffic in 2020 compared to 2019—the total miles traveled by car decreased by 11% in 2020—there was at the same time a 6.8% increase in fatal car crashes. This meant that the fatality rate per vehicle miles traveled increased by 21% from 2019 to 2020. But the increase was not uniform: states that voted for Biden in 2020 had a much larger percentage increase in fatal car accidents per miles driven during the March to June 2020 period (the first four months of the pandemic) relative to the same period in 2019. In the case of states that voted for Biden, the average percentage increase in fatal car accidents per miles driven per state was 45 percent while the increase was just 22 percent in states that voted for Trump. During the next four months of the pandemic (July – October 2020), when COVID-19 was less prominent in the news and lockdowns had eased, the differences in the percentage increase in fatal car accidents per miles driven between Biden and Trump states was much smaller: 29% for Biden states versus 25% for states that voted for Trump. Using regression analysis, we show that a higher percentage vote for Biden in 2020 is associated with a statistically significant increase in fatal accidents per vehicle miles travelled during the first four months (March – June 2020) of the pandemic relative to the same period in 2019. On the other hand, there is no statistical difference between the next four months of the pandemic (July-October 2020) relative to 2019.

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“…Republicans report much better mental health than others, Gallup Poll. xvii See Bock and Schnabel (2022). xviii See Calvillo, Ross, Garcia, Smelter, and Rutchick (2020).…”

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The Uneven Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Fatal Road Accidents

Fuks,

Gandal,

Gandal

2023

MRAJ

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“…Higher risk perceptions in turn translated into more negative emotion and greater stress. Data collected between May and August of 2020 showed that Democrats consistently reported stronger negative emotions and higher levels of stress than Republicans (Bock & Schnabel, 2022 ). This is also consistent with evidence that, compared to Democrat‐trusted media, right‐wing media tended to promote misinformation that downplayed the severity of the pandemic and expressed more positive sentiment in their coverage of COVID‐19 (Guntuku et al., 2021 ; Lau et al., 2022 ; Motta et al., 2020 ).…”

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Perceived risk, emotions, and stress in response to COVID‐19: The interplay of media use and partisanship

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Relationships between risk perceptions, emotions, and stress are well‐documented, as are interconnections between stress, emotion, and media use. During the early COVID‐19 pandemic, the public responded psychologically to the threat posed by the pandemic, and frequently utilized media for information and entertainment. However, we lack a comprehensive picture of how perceived risk, emotion, stress, and media affected each other longitudinally during this time. Further, although response to the pandemic was highly politicized, research has yet to address how partisan affiliation moderated relationships between risk, emotion, stress, and media use over time. This three‐wave ( N = 1021) panel study assessed the interplay of risk, emotion, stress, and media use for Americans with different political affiliations between March and May of 2020. Findings indicate that perceived risk, emotion, and stress at Time 1 predicted media use at Time 2, with predictors varying by type of media. Use of entertainment media and social/mobile media predicted later stress (Time 3), but news consumption did not. Later risk perceptions (Time 3) were not influenced by media use at Time 2. The predictors and consequences of different types of media use were notably different for Republicans and Democrats. In particular, risk perceptions predicted greater news use among Democrats but greater entertainment media use among Republicans. Moreover, social/mobile media use resulted in perceiving the risks of COVID‐19 as less serious for Republicans while increasing stress over time for Democrats.

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Political orientation and traffic deaths: An ecological analysis

Wang,

Redelmeier

2024

Journal of Transport & Health

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Distressed Democrats and relaxed Republicans? Partisanship and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

The Uneven Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Fatal Road Accidents

The Uneven Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on US Fatal Road Accidents

Perceived risk, emotions, and stress in response to COVID‐19: The interplay of media use and partisanship

Political orientation and traffic deaths: An ecological analysis

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