Young adults’ psychological and physiological reactions to the 2016 U.S. presidential election

• Published in: Psychoneuroendocrinology Vol. 92; pp. 162 - 169
• Main Authors: Hoyt, Lindsay T., Zeiders, Katharine H., Chaku, Natasha, Toomey, Russell B., Nair, Rajni L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2018
• Subjects: Cortisol; Negative affect; Positive affect; Stress; Trajectory analysis; Cortisol; Trajectory analysis; Positive affect; Stress; Negative affect

•Major sociopolitical events can affect individuals’ psychology and physiology.•Negative mood increased before the election and peaked on election night.•Stress responses across election week were largely dependent on individual factors. Elections present unique opportunities to study how sociopolit...