Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response

JJV Bavel, K Baicker, PS Boggio, V Capraro… - Nature human …, 2020 - nature.com
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis
requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on …

[HTML][HTML] Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review

V Van Mulukom, LJ Pummerer, S Alper, H Bai… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can have severe consequences; it is
therefore crucial to understand this phenomenon, in its similarities with general conspiracy …

Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries

R Imhoff, F Zimmer, O Klein, JHC António… - Nature human …, 2022 - nature.com
People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (that is, conspiracy
mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between …

[HTML][HTML] The anti-vaccination infodemic on social media: A behavioral analysis

F Germani, N Biller-Andorno - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Vaccinations are without doubt one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine, and
there is hope that they can constitute a solution to halt the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic …

Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

J Roozenbeek, CR Schneider… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national
samples from the UK (n= 1050 and n= 1150), Ireland (n= 700), the USA (n= 700), Spain (n …

Tearing apart the “evil” twins: A general conspiracy mentality is not the same as specific conspiracy beliefs

R Imhoff, T Bertlich, M Frenken - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although sometimes used interchangeably, the present review highlights the important
differences between generalized worldviews suspecting conspiracy at play (conspiracy …

Understanding conspiracy theories

KM Douglas, JE Uscinski, RM Sutton… - Political …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Scholarly efforts to understand conspiracy theories have grown significantly in recent years,
and there is now a broad and interdisciplinary literature. In reviewing this body of work, we …

COVID-19-related conspiracy beliefs and their relationship with perceived stress and pre-existing conspiracy beliefs

N Georgiou, P Delfabbro, R Balzan - Personality and individual differences, 2020 - Elsevier
Previous studies have down that erroneous Conspiracy Theory (CT) beliefs develop more
strongly in people who have underlying conspiratorial reasoning styles and …

The conspiratorial mind: A meta-analytic review of motivational and personological correlates.

SM Bowes, TH Costello, A Tasimi - Psychological Bulletin, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
A tidal wave of research has tried to uncover the motivational and personological correlates
of conspiratorial ideation, often studying these two classes of correlates in parallel. Here, we …

Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief in conspiracy theories

MJ Hornsey, K Bierwiaczonek, K Sassenberg… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Conspiracy theories are part of mainstream public life, with the potential to undermine
governments, promote racism, ignite extremism and threaten public health efforts …