Psychological correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and preventive measures: Evidence from Turkey
| dc.contributor.author | Sinan Alper | |
| dc.contributor.author | Fatih Bayrak | |
| dc.contributor.author | Onurcan Yilmaz | |
| dc.contributor.author | Alper, Sinan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Yilmaz, Onurcan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bayrak, Fatih | |
| dc.date | NOV | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-10-06T16:22:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description.abstract | COVID-19 pandemic has led to popular conspiracy theories regarding its origins and widespread concern over the level of compliance with preventive measures. In the current preregistered research we recruited 1088 Turkish participants and investigated (a) individual differences associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, (2) whether such conspiracy beliefs are related to the level of preventive measures, and (3) other individual differences that might be related to the preventive measures. Higher faith in intuition uncertainty avoidance impulsivity generic conspiracy beliefs religiosity and right-wing ideology and a lower level of cognitive reflection were associated with a higher level of belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. There was no association between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and preventive measures while perceived risk was positively and impulsivity negatively correlated with preventive measures. We discuss the implications and directions for future research. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s12144-020-00903-0 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1046-1310 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1936-4733 | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00903-0 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://gcris.yasar.edu.tr/handle/123456789/7229 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-00903-0 | |
| dc.language.iso | English | |
| dc.publisher | SPRINGER | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | Current Psychology | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.source | CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19, Conspiracy, Individual differences, Pandemic, Preventive | |
| dc.subject | AFRICAN-AMERICANS, CONSEQUENCES, UNCERTAINTY, INFORMATION, PERSONALITY, HIV/AIDS, STYLES, IMPACT, HIV | |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | |
| dc.subject | Conspiracy | |
| dc.subject | Pandemic | |
| dc.subject | Preventive | |
| dc.subject | Individual Differences | |
| dc.title | Psychological correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and preventive measures: Evidence from Turkey | |
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| gdc.description.departmenttemp | [Alper, Sinan] Yasar Univ, Dept Psychol, Izmir, Turkey; [Bayrak, Fatih] Baskent Univ, Dept Psychol, Ankara, Turkey; [Yilmaz, Onurcan] Kadir Has Univ, Dept Psychol, Istanbul, Turkey | |
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