The causes, impacts and countermeasures of COVID-19 “Infodemic”: A systematic review using narrative synthesis

W Pian, J Chi, F Ma - Information processing & management, 2021 - Elsevier
An unprecedented infodemic has been witnessed to create massive damage to human
society. However, it was not thoroughly investigated. This systematic review aims to (1) …

Schizophrenia during the COVID-19 pandemic

S Barlati, G Nibbio, A Vita - Current opinion in psychiatry, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Clinicians should inform and educate their patients on the risks related to SARS-CoV-2
infection and COVID-19 and on the precautions that they should adopt to avoid contagion …

[HTML][HTML] Psychological toll of the COVID-19 pandemic: An in-depth exploration of anxiety, depression, and insomnia and the influence of quarantine measures on daily …

MA Aljaberi, MA Al-Sharafi, MUH Uzir, A Sabah, AM Ali… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic, on a global scale, has prompted multifaceted challenges,
including a notable psychological toll on the general population. This study uses mixed …

Who falls for fake news? Psychological and clinical profiling evidence of fake news consumers

Á Escolà-Gascón, N Dagnall, A Denovan… - Personality and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Awareness of the potential psychological significance of false news increased during the
coronavirus pandemic, however, its impact on psychopathology and individual differences …

Self-isolation, psychotic symptoms and cognitive problems during the COVID-19 worldwide outbreak

MC Allé, D Berntsen - Psychiatry research, 2021 - Elsevier
The worldwide outbreak of CoronaVirus Disease appeared in 2019 (COVID-19) has forced
millions of people into social isolation. Past research has documented negative …

Critical thinking predicts reductions in Spanish physicians' stress levels and promotes fake news detection

Á Escolà-Gascón, N Dagnall, J Gallifa - Thinking skills and Creativity, 2021 - Elsevier
The prevalence of pseudoscientific beliefs and fake news increased during the coronavirus
crisis. Misinformation streams such as these potentially pose risks to people's health. Thus …

[HTML][HTML] Irrational beliefs about COVID-19: a sco** review

FM Magarini, M Pinelli, A Sinisi, S Ferrari… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Since the emergence of the recent Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread
as a pandemic, there has been a parallel spread of false and misleading information, known …

Pseudoscience in the times of crisis: how and why chlorine dioxide consumption became popular in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic

MA Mostajo-Radji - Frontiers in Political Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the economic and political landscape of the world
(Blofield et al., 2020; Greer et al., 2020). Low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) have …

Revised and short versions of the pseudoscientific belief scale

A Fasce, D Avendaño… - Applied Cognitive …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we develop the revised and short versions of the pseudoscientific belief scale
through two empirical studies (N= 4154). This revision is motivated by the excessive length …

Popular epistemically unwarranted beliefs inventory (PEUBI): A psychometric instrument for assessing paranormal, pseudoscientific and conspiracy beliefs

D Huete‐Pérez, F Morales‐Vives… - Applied Cognitive …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Studying epistemically unwarranted beliefs (EUB) is relevant at basic, applied, and social
levels. However, EUB scales validated in Spain are scare. Consequently, we aimed to …