Lazarević Ljiljana B, Purić Danka, Teovanović Predrag, Lukić Petar, Zupan Zorana, Knežević Goran
Institute of Psychology and Laboratory for the Research of Individual Differences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Čika Ljubina str. 18-20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Department of Psychology and Laboratory for the Research of Individual Differences, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Čika Ljubina str. 18-20, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Pers Individ Dif. 2021 Jul;176:110771. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771. Epub 2021 Feb 12.
The study aimed to investigate the role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality in health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., recommended health behaviors according to COVID-19 guidelines and engagement in pseudoscientific practices related to COVID-19. Basic personality space was defined by the HEXACO model complemented by Disintegration, which represents psychotic-like experiences and behaviors reconceptualized as a personality trait. Mediation analyses conducted on a convenient sample from the general population recruited via social media and by snowballing (N = 417) showed that engagement in pseudoscientific behaviors was predicted by high Disintegration. However, this relationship was entirely mediated by high experiential and low rational thinking styles. Adherence to health practices recommended by COVID-19 guidelines was predicted by high Honesty traits, while low Disintegration had both direct and indirect effects through conspiracy mentality.
该研究旨在调查在新冠疫情期间,人格、思维方式和阴谋心态在与健康相关行为中的作用,即根据新冠指南推荐的健康行为以及参与与新冠相关的伪科学行为。基本人格空间由HEXACO模型定义,并辅以“解体”维度,“解体”代表类似精神病的体验和行为,被重新概念化为一种人格特质。对通过社交媒体和滚雪球方式从普通人群中招募的便利样本(N = 417)进行的中介分析表明,“解体”程度高可预测伪科学行为的参与情况。然而,这种关系完全由高经验性和低理性思维方式介导。新冠指南推荐的健康行为的依从性由高诚实特质预测,而低“解体”程度通过阴谋心态产生直接和间接影响。