Experimental Psychopathology Lab, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Political Cognition Lab, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Psychiatry Res. 2020 Dec;294:113540. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2020.113540. Epub 2020 Oct 27.
Due to coronavirus pandemic, governments have ordered a nationwide isolation. In this situation, we hypothesised that people holding conspiracy beliefs are less willing to adhere to medical guidelines. Furthermore, we explored what possible factors may modify relationships between conspiracy, paranoia-like beliefs, and adherence to epidemiological guidelines. Also, we examined the prevalence of different coronavirus conspiracy beliefs.
Two independent internet studies. Study 1 used a proportional quota sample that was representative of the population of Poles in terms of gender and settlement size (n=507). Study 2 employed a convenience sample (n=840).
Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs are negatively related to safety guidelines. Mixed results suggest that paranoia-like beliefs are related negatively to safety guidelines. Prevalence of firmly held coronavirus conspiracy beliefs is rare. Nevertheless, certain percentage of participants agree with conspiracy beliefs at least partially. Coronavirus related anxiety, trust in media, and internal motivation to isolation moderate the relationship between conspiracy beliefs and adherence to safety guidelines. Paranoia-like beliefs partially mediate between boredom and conspiracy beliefs.
Conspiracy beliefs concerning coronavirus are present in the population and are negatively related to adherence to safety guidelines. Conspiracy beliefs originate partially from boredom and paranoia proneness. Certain factors - trust in media and internal motivation to isolation - are potentially worthwhile to address to enhance adherence to safety guidelines. Non-probabilistic sampling suggests caution in interpretation of the present findings.
由于冠状病毒大流行,各国政府已下令全国隔离。在这种情况下,我们假设持有阴谋论信仰的人不太愿意遵守医疗指导方针。此外,我们探讨了哪些可能的因素可能会改变阴谋论、类似偏执狂的信仰与遵守流行病学指导方针之间的关系。我们还检查了不同冠状病毒阴谋信念的流行程度。
两项独立的互联网研究。研究 1 使用了具有代表性的人口比例配额样本,该样本在性别和定居点规模方面代表了波兰人口(n=507)。研究 2 采用了便利样本(n=840)。
冠状病毒阴谋信念与安全指南呈负相关。混合结果表明,类似偏执狂的信仰与安全指南呈负相关。坚定持有的冠状病毒阴谋信念的流行率罕见。但是,某些百分比的参与者至少部分同意阴谋信念。与冠状病毒相关的焦虑、对媒体的信任以及隔离的内在动机调节了阴谋信念与遵守安全指南之间的关系。无聊和阴谋信念之间存在部分中介作用的类似偏执狂的信仰。
关于冠状病毒的阴谋信念存在于人群中,与遵守安全指南呈负相关。阴谋信念部分源于无聊和偏执狂倾向。某些因素 - 对媒体的信任和隔离的内在动机 - 值得关注,以增强对安全指南的遵守。非概率抽样表明,对本研究结果的解释应持谨慎态度。