Who Thinks COVID-19 is a Hoax? Psychological Correlates of Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Attitudes Towards Anti-Coronavirus Measures at the End of the First Lockdown in Germany

Journal of open psychology data Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI:10.5334/jopd.64

Matthias F. C. Hudecek, Peter Fischer, S. Gaube, E. Lermer

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The reported dataset addresses potential correlates and predictors of beliefs in conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 pandemic. Different psychological constructs (self-esteem, Dark Triad personality traits, collective narcissism, political attitude, individualism/collectivism), social status, and socio-demographic variables were assessed. Data from 746 participants from all parts of Germany who study part-time while working were collected between May 26 to July 5, 2020. We used a cross-sectional online survey comprising a total of 98 items. Preliminary analysis revealed sound psychometric properties of the measures. These data provide several opportunities for further use and can be utilized for research and educational purposes. For example, comparisons can be drawn between existing research on conspiracy theories to determine whether known factors determining beliefs in conspiracy theories are also relevant for COVID-19. All data and additional materials (e.g., codebook of all items, R code) are available at https://osf.io/p6q7w/. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

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谁认为COVID-19是骗局?德国第一次封锁结束时阴谋论信仰与对抗冠状病毒措施态度的心理关联

报告的数据集解决了对COVID-19大流行阴谋论信仰的潜在相关性和预测因素。不同的心理构念(自尊、黑暗人格特质、集体自恋、政治态度、个人主义/集体主义)、社会地位和社会人口变量进行了评估。研究人员在2020年5月26日至7月5日期间收集了来自德国各地的746名在工作中兼职学习的参与者的数据。我们采用了一项包含98个项目的横断面在线调查。初步分析表明，这些测量方法具有良好的心理测量特性。这些数据提供了若干进一步利用的机会，可用于研究和教育目的。例如，可以对现有的阴谋论研究进行比较，以确定决定阴谋论信仰的已知因素是否也与COVID-19有关。所有数据和附加材料(例如，所有项目的代码本，R代码)可在https://osf.io/p6q7w/上获得。(PsycInfo数据库记录(c) 2022 APA，版权所有)

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