Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 1132941
Who believes in COVID-19 conspiracy theories in Croatia? Prevalence and predictors of conspiracy beliefs
Who believes in COVID-19 conspiracy theories in Croatia? Prevalence and predictors of conspiracy beliefs // Frontiers in psychology, 12 (2021), 643568, 13 doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2021.643568 (međunarodna recenzija, članak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Who believes in COVID-19 conspiracy theories in Croatia? Prevalence and predictors of conspiracy beliefs
Autori
Tonković, Mirjana ; Dumančić, Francesca ; Jelić, Margareta ; Čorkalo Biruški, Dinka
Izvornik
Frontiers in psychology (1664-1078) 12
(2021);
643568, 13
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni
Ključne riječi
COVID-19 conspiracy theories ; trust in science and scientists ; political powerlessness ; authoritarianism ; social dominance
Sažetak
The COVID-19 pandemic has given rise to numerous new conspiracy theories related to the virus. This study aimed to investigate a range of individual predictors of beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories that account for sociodemographic characteristics (age, gender, education, economic standard, the importance of religion, and political self-identification), distinctive motivational orientations (social dominance and authoritarianism), relevant social attitudes (sense of political powerlessness and trust in science and scientists), and perceived personal risk (perceived risk for self and family members, the concern of being infected, and the expected influence of pandemic on the economic standard of an individual). Participants were 1, 060 adults recruited from the general public of Croatia. The sample was a probabilistic quota sample with gender, age, level of education, size of the dwelling, and region of the country as predetermined quotas. The regression model explained 42.2% of the individual differences in beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Trust in science and scientists and political powerlessness were the strongest predictors, whereas fear of being infected had the weakest contribution in explaining the variance of the criterion. Additionally, results revealed that the relation of conventionalism (as a proxy of authoritarianism) with belief in COVID-19 conspiracies was mediated by trust in science and scientists. The relation between social dominance and belief in conspiracies was also partially mediated by trust in science. The results suggest that (re)building trust in science and lowering the sense of political helplessness might help in fighting potentially harmful false beliefs about the pandemic.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Psihologija
POVEZANOST RADA
Projekti:
HRZZ-IP-CORONA-IP-CORONA-2020-04-2032 - Obnavljanje društva: longitudinalno istraživanje društvenog oporavka u Hrvatskoj nakon pandemije koronavirusa (Čorkalo Biruški, Dinka, HRZZ - 2020-04) ( CroRIS)
Ustanove:
Filozofski fakultet, Zagreb
Profili:
Dinka Čorkalo Biruški
(autor)
Margareta Jelić
(autor)
Mirjana Tonković
(autor)
Francesca Dumančić
(autor)
Citiraj ovu publikaciju:
Časopis indeksira:
- Current Contents Connect (CCC)
- Web of Science Core Collection (WoSCC)
- Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
- SCI-EXP, SSCI i/ili A&HCI
- Scopus