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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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| Dans: |
Approaching religion
Année: 2021, Volume: 11, Numéro: 2, Pages: 98-114 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Norwegen
/ Théorie du complot
/ Covid-19
/ Pandémie
/ Diplômé de l’enseignement supérieur
/ Foi
/ Religiosité
/ Geschichte 2020
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychologie de la religion CG Christianisme et politique CH Christianisme et société KAJ Époque contemporaine KBE Scandinavie ZA Sciences sociales |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
social trust
B COVID-stress B Covid-19 B Meaningfulness B Conspirecy beliefs B Conspiracy mentality B Meaning |
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| Résumé: | 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 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Approaching religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.30664/ar.107485 |
