A new analysis of Facebook comments show how social media and identity can lead to hate and dehumanization of other people, step by step.

"When people base their self-worth on financial success, they experience feelings of pressure and a lack of autonomy..."

In 2016, Russian trolls used pro- and anti-vaccine messages to target Americans. That has scientists worried about how they'll use COVID-19.

Toxic masculinity can keep you from bonding with others and make you more socially isolated as you age. That's bad for your health.

The urban-rural poltiical divide in the United States may go back to where we live, and how many other people we live near, new research shows.

Interactions between people from advantaged and disadvataged groups can influence people's sense of inequality and support for social change.

To get people who deny the human causes of climate change to change their mind, you might want to embrace their views rather than try to get around them.

Cisgender children tend to gravitate toward the toys, clothing, and friendships stereotypically linked with that gender. Transgender children do the same, research finds.

New research suggests joke-tellers should stay in their lane. In-group jokes land better than when the joke-teller mocks a group to which they don't belong.

"One takeaway here is that the process of sexual identity development is quite nuanced for a lot of teens."