Trust in crisis: Conspiracy mentality, lack of trust and religiosity predicted conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 in a Norwegian sample
Crises are associated with a search for meaning and security. In recent years, they have also been associated with increased attention to conspiracy theories. Such theories about COVID-19 have been many. We have looked at several COVID-specific conspiracy theories and their relation to a number of o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2021
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| In: |
Approaching religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 98-114 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Norway
/ Conspiracy theory
/ COVID-19 (Disease)
/ Pandemic
/ Academic
/ Faith
/ Religiosity
/ Geschichte 2020
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion CG Christianity and Politics CH Christianity and Society KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia ZA Social sciences |
| Further subjects: | B
social trust
B COVID-stress B Covid-19 B Meaningfulness B Conspirecy beliefs B Conspiracy mentality B Meaning |
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| Summary: | Crises are associated with a search for meaning and security. In recent years, they have also been associated with increased attention to conspiracy theories. Such theories about COVID-19 have been many. We have looked at several COVID-specific conspiracy theories and their relation to a number of other factors, including religiosity in a highly educated Norwegian convenience sample (n=1225). Conspiracy mentality, lack of trust, and religiosity were directly associated with conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19, whereas self-reported stress and negative emotions related to the pandemic had only small, indirect effects. Unlike previous research findings, we found no effect of gender or age. |
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| ISSN: | 1799-3121 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.107485 |
