ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022
Escaping the Reality of the Pandemic: The Role of Hopelessness and Dissociation in COVID-19 Denialism.
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- Alexithymia, Burnout, and Hopelessness in a Large Sample of Healthcare Workers during the Third Wave of COVID-19 in Italy.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Effects of Health Anxiety, Social Support, and Coping on Dissociation with Mediating Role of Perceived Stress during the COVID-19 Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Social Environment and Attitudes toward COVID-19 Anti-Contagious Measures: An Explorative Study from Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Pandemic experiences and psychopathological aspects in individuals with mood disorders and other mental disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDenialism of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severely affected governments' attempts to contain the spread of the virus. Indeed, groups of deniers showed scepticism and misinformation toward the causes of the virus, leading to less adherence to official guidelines and vaccination campaigns. The present study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic and psychological factors associated with COVID-19 denialism, expressed in the forms of scepticism, nonadherence to guidelines, and negative attitudes toward vaccination.
methodsFour hundred and sixty-one volunteers completed an online survey composed of the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Dissociative Experiences Scale-II, the Sense of Community Index, and a questionnaire about COVID-19 denialism.
resultsThe multiple regression analyses showed that higher age and a lower level of education were positive predictors of COVID-19 denialism. Furthermore, the structural equation model showed that hopelessness positively predicted dissociation and negatively predicted the sense of community. In turn, only dissociation was found to positively predict COVID-19 denialism.
conclusionsThe findings of the present study suggested that hopelessness could exacerbate a defensive dissociative response that could be associated with greater COVID-19 denialism. Moreover, older and less educated people showed a greater propensity to engage in COVID-19 denialism.
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