Agreement with COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Has Poor Temporal Stability
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11140%2F24%3A10487255" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11140/24:10487255 - isvavai.cz</a>
Nalezeny alternativní kódy
RIV/49777513:23420/24:43973412
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=XACfm_NezR" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=XACfm_NezR</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2024.260" target="_blank" >10.1017/dmp.2024.260</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Agreement with COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Has Poor Temporal Stability
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Low temporal stability may complicate the interpretation of survey measures of conspiracy theories (CTs). Current study examines the stability of endorsement of CTs on a popular set of items addressing COVID-19-related CTs. An online survey tapping two CTs about COVID-19 was administered to 179 students of general medicine. The same items were presented twice in March 2022 and once in May 2022. The mean endorsement of the CTs did not differ between March and May. The correlation between answers provided in March and May was low (.5 < r < .7). Most of those reporting agreement with CTs in March reported disagreement in May. Conspiracy believers' responses did not change between two measurements in March but were different in May, suggesting that the low temporal stability was due to situational factors rather than erroneous or random answers. Poor temporal stability of responses endorsing CTs may problematize interpretation of survey data. Respondents' endorsement of CTs may be affected by situational factors, inflating agreement with CTs, and correlations with other survey-based measures.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Agreement with COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Has Poor Temporal Stability
Popis výsledku anglicky
Low temporal stability may complicate the interpretation of survey measures of conspiracy theories (CTs). Current study examines the stability of endorsement of CTs on a popular set of items addressing COVID-19-related CTs. An online survey tapping two CTs about COVID-19 was administered to 179 students of general medicine. The same items were presented twice in March 2022 and once in May 2022. The mean endorsement of the CTs did not differ between March and May. The correlation between answers provided in March and May was low (.5 < r < .7). Most of those reporting agreement with CTs in March reported disagreement in May. Conspiracy believers' responses did not change between two measurements in March but were different in May, suggesting that the low temporal stability was due to situational factors rather than erroneous or random answers. Poor temporal stability of responses endorsing CTs may problematize interpretation of survey data. Respondents' endorsement of CTs may be affected by situational factors, inflating agreement with CTs, and correlations with other survey-based measures.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2024
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
ISSN
1935-7893
e-ISSN
1938-744X
Svazek periodika
18
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
October
Stát vydavatele periodika
US - Spojené státy americké
Počet stran výsledku
3
Strana od-do
e231
Kód UT WoS článku
001345718600001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85208113713