ArticleApplied cognitive psychology
Irrational beliefs differentially predict adherence to guidelines and pseudoscientific practices during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 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
- Measuring the effects of misinformation exposure and beliefs on behavioural intentions: a COVID-19 vaccination study.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2022Pooled it
- Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2022Pooled it
- Systematic review on the association of COVID-19-related conspiracy belief with infection-preventive behavior and vaccination willingness.BMC psychology · 2022Pooled it
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- The Dunning-Kruger effect does not account for Covid-scepticism or vaccine hesitancy.Royal Society open science · 2026Article
- Epistemically unwarranted beliefs scale, development and evidence of validity in the Chilean population.PloS one · 2025Article
- Conspiracy narratives and vaccine hesitancy: a scoping review of prevalence, impact, and interventions.BMC public health · 2024Article
- A Comprehensive Analysis of COVID-19 Misinformation, Public Health Impacts, and Communication Strategies: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Lifetime prevalence of questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: A preregistered nationally representative survey.PloS one · 2024Article
- Relevance theory for mapping cognitive biases in fact-checking: an argumentative approach.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- The relationship between maladaptive health beliefs, pandemic-related stress, and health anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health psychology report · 2024Article
- Psychological Factors of Vaccination Intent among Healthcare Providers, Parents, and Laypeople.Vaccines · 2023Article
- Prevalence of questionable health behaviours in Serbia and their psychological roots: protocol for a nationally representative survey.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Conspiracy Theories, Trust in Science, and Knowledge during the Third Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Cyprus.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the health professionals (COMET-HP) study: depression, suicidal tendencies and conspiracism.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Tracking variations in daily questionable health behaviors and their psychological roots: a preregistered experience sampling study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Acceptance and Adherence to COVID-19 Preventive Measures are Shaped Predominantly by Conspiracy Beliefs, Mistrust in Science and Fear - A Comparison of More than 20 Psychological Variables.Psychological reports · 2023Article
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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
In the coronavirus "infodemic," people are exposed to official recommendations but also to potentially dangerous pseudoscientific advice claimed to protect against COVID-19. We examined whether irrational beliefs predict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines as well as susceptibility to such misinformation. Irrational beliefs were indexed by belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories, COVID-19 knowledge overestimation, type I error cognitive biases, and cognitive intuition. Participants (
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