ArticleFrontiers in psychology2020
Between Conspiracy Beliefs, Ingroup Bias, and System Justification: How People Use Defense Strategies to Cope With the Threat of COVID-19.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Contemporary trends in psychological research on conspiracy beliefs. A systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Pooled it
- Summarising data and factors associated with COVID-19 related conspiracy theories in the first year of the pandemic: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMC psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Pooled it
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- Delusion-proneness predicts COVID-19 vaccination behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Influence of Stress and Emotions in the Learning Process: The Example of COVID-19 on University Students: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A Threat-and-Defense Perspective on the Psychological Dynamics Behind the Covid-19 Pandemic.International review of social psychology · 2023Article
- Emotion Dysregulation and Conspiracy Beliefs about COVID-19: The Moderating Role of Critical Social Media Use.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2022Article
- Coping styles mediating the relationship between perceived chronic stress and conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19.Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) · 2022Article
- Economic insecurity and compliance with the COVID-19 restrictions.European journal of social psychology · 2022Article
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- Descriptive or injunctive: How do restaurant customers react to the guidelines of COVID-19 prevention measures? The role of psychological reactance.International journal of hospitality management · 2021Article
- Exploring the landscape of psychological threat: A cartography of threats and threat responses.Social and personality psychology compass · 2021Article
- Exploring Higher Education Pathways for Coping With the Threat of COVID-19: Does Parental Academic Background Matter?Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- COVID-19 Pandemic: Effect on Confidence Levels of Portuguese Towards People of Different Professions.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
- Mistrust and Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Differently Mediate the Effects of Psychological Factors on Propensity for COVID-19 Vaccine.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
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- When we are worried, what are we thinking? Anxiety, lack of control, and conspiracy beliefs amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.Applied cognitive psychologyArticle
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The current situation around coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) portrays a threat to us in several ways: It imposes uncertainty and a lack of control and reminds us of our own mortality. People around the world have reacted to these threats in seemingly unrelated ways: From stockpiling yeast and toilet paper to favoring nationalist ideas or endorsing conspiratorial beliefs. According to the
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