Is divisive politics making Americans sick? Associations of perceived partisan polarization with physical and mental health outcomes among adults in the United States

Sameera S. Nayak, Timothy Fraser, Costas Panagopoulos, Daniel P. Aldrich and Daniel Kim

Social Science & Medicine, 2021, vol. 284, issue C

Abstract: To investigate whether changes in perceived partisan polarization since the 2016 US presidential election and current perceptions of polarization are associated with the onset of physical and mental health conditions in adults.

Keywords: Partisan polarization; Social determinants of health; Depression; Anxiety; Presidential election (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113976

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