Examining the role of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in predicting vaccination intentions, preventive behavior and willingness to share opinions about the coronavirus

Zelič, Žan (avtor), Berič, Martin (avtor), Kobal Grum, Darja (avtor)

The primary aim of our study was to examine the role of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in predicting outcomes that could potentially worsen the course of the pandemic: preventive behavior, vaccination intentions and willingness to share COVID-19 related opinions. Structural equation modeling was performed on a Slovenian sample (N = 490). Analysis showed that COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs predicted all three health-related outcomes when sociodemographic variables were controlled for. Further, a perceived coronavirus threat was identified as an important mediating factor between conspiracy beliefs, preventive behavior and vaccination intentions. Conspiracy beliefs were also positively associated with age, female gender, religiosity, and share of COVID-19 information from social media, while they were negatively associated with level of education. The results suggest that COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs may be an important barrier to achieving pandemic management goals and highlight some risk factors for their occurrence.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: pandemics, epidemics, coronavirus, COVID-19, conspiracy beliefs, preventive health behavior, vaccination, vaccination attitudes, psychology, Trust in science and scientists inventory TSSI, COVID-19, conspiracy beliefs, preventive behavior, vaccination, willingness to share opinions
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2022
• Št. strani: Str. 136-153
• Številčenje: Vol. 64, no. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-135701
• UDK: 159.9:616-036.22
• ISSN pri članku: 0039-3320
• DOI: 10.31577/sp.2022.01.844
• COBISS.SI-ID: 101499395
• Datum objave v RUL: 29.03.2022

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Studia psychologica
• Skrajšan naslov: Stud. psychol.
• Založnik: Vydavatelstvo SAV
• ISSN: 0039-3320
• COBISS.SI-ID: 26466560

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: Licenca Creative Commons, ki prepoveduje komercialno uporabo, vendar uporabniki ne rabijo upravljati materialnih avtorskih pravic na izpeljanih delih z enako licenco.
• Začetek licenciranja: 16.03.2022

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: pandemije, epidemije, koronavirus, COVID-19, prepričanja v teorije zarote, preventivno zdravstveno vedenje, cepljenje, stališča do cepljenja, psihologija

Projekti

• Financer: ARRS - Agencija za raziskovalno dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P5-0110
• Naslov: Psihološki in nevroznanstveni vidiki kognicije