Contemporary trends in psychological research on conspiracy beliefs. A systematic review

I Pilch, A Turska-Kawa, P Wardawy… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The number of psychological studies on conspiracy beliefs has been
systematically growing for about a dozen years, but in recent years, the trend has intensified …

Trust in science as a possible mediator between different antecedents and COVID-19 booster vaccination intention: an integration of health belief model (HBM) and …

M Barattucci, S Pagliaro, C Ballone, M Teresi… - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
As the literature highlights, many health behavior theories try to explain both social and
psychological variables influencing an individual's health behavior. This study integrates …

[HTML][HTML] Trust in science and belief in misinformation mediate the effects of political orientation on vaccine hesitancy and intention to be vaccinated

A Santirocchi, P Spataro, F Alessi, C Rossi-Arnaud… - Acta Psychologica, 2023 - Elsevier
In previous studies, anti-vaccination attitudes have been attributed either to far-right voters or
to both far-left and far-right voters. The present study investigated the associations of political …

Conspiratorial attitude of the general public in Jordan towards emerging virus infections: a cross-sectional study amid the 2022 monkeypox outbreak

M Sallam, H Eid, N Awamleh, AB Al-Tammemi… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Conspiracy theories accompany the emergence of infectious diseases and the 2022 multi-
country monkeypox (MPX) outbreak is no exception. It is possible that the adoption of …

The association of conspiracy beliefs and the uptake of COVID-19 vaccination: a cross-sectional study

K Kowalska-Duplaga, M Duplaga - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that health denialism might be an important determinant
of adherence to preventive measures during epidemic challenges. Conspiracy beliefs seem …

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and implications for economic recovery: evidence from nelson mandela bay municipality in South Africa

S Mishi, G Anakpo, W Matekenya, N Tshabalala - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
The phenomenon of vaccine hesitancy is a growing threat to public health with far-reaching
implications. The widening gap between the vaccinated and the proportion of vaccinated …

Political orientation, moral foundations, and COVID-19 social distancing

H Tarry, V Vézina, J Bailey, L Lopes - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have advocated numerous social distancing
measures, and compliance with these has likely saved millions of lives globally. In an online …

Conspiracy narratives and vaccine hesitancy: a scoping review of prevalence, impact, and interventions

F Taubert, G Meyer-Hoeven, P Schmid, P Gerdes… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Believing conspiracy narratives is frequently assumed to be a major cause of vaccine
hesitancy, ie, the tendency to forgo vaccination despite its availability. In this scoping review …

Predictors of the Intention to Be Vaccinated against COVID-19 in a Sample of Italian Respondents at the Start of the Immunization Campaign

A Santirocchi, P Spataro, M Costanzi… - Journal of Personalized …, 2022 - mdpi.com
COVID-19 vaccines are the most promising means of limiting the pandemic. The present
study aims at determining the roles of several psychological variables in predicting …

Moral foundations are better predictors of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories than the Big Five personality traits

P Nejat, A Heirani-Tabas, MM Nazarpour - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Upon the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, various conspiracy theories regarding
the virus proliferated in the social media. This study focused on the sociodemographic …