ArticlePersonality and individual differences2022
Does religion predict coronavirus conspiracy beliefs? Centrality of religiosity, religious fundamentalism, and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs.
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- [Conspiracy as a surrogate for religion? Religiosity, spirituality, and affinity towards conspiracy myths in times of crisis].Zeitschrift fur Religion, Gesellschaft und Politik · 2022Article
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- Religious Fundamentalism, Delusions, and Conspiracy Beliefs Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Determinants of COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake in a Transborder Population at the Mexico-Guatemala Border, September-November 2021.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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- Using Spiritual Connections to Cope With Stress and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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- "Before Dawn," Listening to the Voices of Social Media: A Study on the Public's Response to the COVID-19 Vaccine.Journal of environmental and public health · 2022Article
- Acculturation, trust to health care system, and attitudes to COVID-19 vaccination: A comparative study between Polish immigrants in Norway, Polish in Poland, and Norwegians in Norway.Current research in ecological and social psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
There has been an increasing interest in the relationship between religion and psychosocial functioning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Interestingly, emerging recent findings suggest that religiousness may have a Janus-face impact on how people cope with the pandemic, leading to both positive and negative social outcomes. In this project, we examine whether two types of religiousness (i.e., centrality of religiosity and religious fundamentalism) are associated with COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and socially undesirable behavior during the pandemic. We suggest that only the most dogmatic and fundamentalistic type of religiousness could lead to conspiracy beliefs, while centrality of religiosity could be unrelated or even negatively related to this type of thinking. In a series of two studies (
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