TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors associated with post-election psychological distress
T2 - The case of the 2016 U.S. presidential election
AU - Pitcho-Prelorentzos, Shani
AU - Kaniasty, Krzysztof
AU - Hamama-Raz, Yaira
AU - Goodwin, Robin
AU - Ring, Lia
AU - Ben-Ezra, Menachem
AU - Mahat-Shamir, Michal
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - This study, through the lens of Social Cognitive Theory, examined potential risk factors that may intensify election-related psychological distress. Six weeks after the 2016 U.S. election, 772 U.S. adult citizens filled out an online survey that assessed psychological distress along with sociodemographic characteristics, and a set of variables tapping various dimensions of political self-efficacy (i.e., importance of politics in one's life, preferences for different media outlets, political directness, and voting choices). The findings showed that election-related psychological distress was positively associated with young age, greater reliance on new media, greater importance of politics in one's life, higher political directness, and voting for the candidate who did not win the election. Findings should be valuable for health-care providers informing them about potential risk factors intensifying psychological distress in the context of significant political events.
AB - This study, through the lens of Social Cognitive Theory, examined potential risk factors that may intensify election-related psychological distress. Six weeks after the 2016 U.S. election, 772 U.S. adult citizens filled out an online survey that assessed psychological distress along with sociodemographic characteristics, and a set of variables tapping various dimensions of political self-efficacy (i.e., importance of politics in one's life, preferences for different media outlets, political directness, and voting choices). The findings showed that election-related psychological distress was positively associated with young age, greater reliance on new media, greater importance of politics in one's life, higher political directness, and voting for the candidate who did not win the election. Findings should be valuable for health-care providers informing them about potential risk factors intensifying psychological distress in the context of significant political events.
KW - Democratic elections
KW - Psychological distress
KW - Risk factors
KW - Social cognitive theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85047062672&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.008
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2018.05.008
M3 - Article
C2 - 29787806
SN - 0165-1781
VL - 266
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Psychiatry Research
JF - Psychiatry Research
ER -
