Psychological, Political, and Situational Factors Combine to Boost COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory Beliefs

IF 1.2 2区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne De Science Politique Pub Date : 2020-06-01 DOI:10.1017/S000842392000058X

Joanne M. Miller

引用次数: 84

Abstract

Conspiracy theories (CTs) are not solely the domain of extremists and paranoids. They cut across demographic and political differences (Uscinski and Parent, 2014) and can have negative social/political consequences. For example, Imhoff and Lamberty (2020) find that belief that the seriousness of COVID-19 is being exaggerated is negatively correlated with self-reported preventative behaviours such as hand washing and social distancing, and belief that the virus was intentionally created by humans is positively correlated with self-reported hoarding of food, sanitary products, and gasoline/oil, as well as stocking up on weapons.

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心理、政治和情境因素共同推动了COVID-19阴谋论的信念

阴谋论不仅仅是极端分子和偏执狂的专利。它们跨越了人口和政治差异(Uscinski and Parent, 2014)，并可能产生负面的社会/政治后果。例如，Imhoff和Lamberty(2020)发现，认为COVID-19的严重性被夸大与自我报告的预防行为(如洗手和保持社交距离)呈负相关，认为病毒是人类故意制造的信念与自我报告的囤积食物、卫生用品和汽油/石油以及囤积武器呈正相关。

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Canadian Journal of Political Science-Revue Canadienne De Science Politique POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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