Dissociation, cognitive reflection and health literacy have a modest effect on belief in conspiracy theories about covid-19
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00669806%3A_____%2F21%3A10427709" target="_blank" >RIV/00669806:_____/21:10427709 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11140/21:10427709 RIV/00216208:11110/21:10427709 RIV/00064203:_____/21:10427709 RIV/00064165:_____/21:10427709 and 2 more
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=4xZjettZUl" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=4xZjettZUl</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105065" target="_blank" >10.3390/ijerph18105065</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Dissociation, cognitive reflection and health literacy have a modest effect on belief in conspiracy theories about covid-19
Original language description
Understanding the predictors of belief in COVID-related conspiracy theories and willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may aid the resolution of current and future pandemics. We investigate how psychological and cognitive characteristics influence general conspiracy mentality and COVID-related conspiracy theories. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from an online survey of a sample of Czech university students (n = 866) collected in January 2021, using multivariate linear regression and mediation analysis. Sixteen percent of respondents believed that COVID-19 is a hoax, and 17% believed that COVID-19 was intentionally created by humans. Seven percent of the variance of the hoax theory and 10% of the variance of the creation theory was explained by (in descending order of relevance) low cognitive reflection, low digital health literacy, high experience with dissociation and, to some extent, high bullshit receptivity. Belief in COVIDrelated conspiracy theories depended less on psychological and cognitive variables compared to conspiracy mentality (16% of the variance explained). The effect of digital health literacy on belief in COVID-related theories was moderated by cognitive reflection. Belief in conspiracy theories related to COVID-19 was influenced by experience with dissociation, cognitive reflection, digital health literacy and bullshit receptivity.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30215 - Psychiatry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
ISSN
1661-7827
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
5065
UT code for WoS article
000654851800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85105702270