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COVID-19-related conspiracy beliefs and their relationship with perceived stress
and pre-existing conspiracy beliefs
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Georgiou N
; Delfabbro P
; Balzan R
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Previous studies have down that erroneous Conspiracy Theory (CT) beliefs develop
more strongly in people who have underlying conspiratorial reasoning styles and
psychopathological traits and particularly when they are faced with stressful
external events (Swami et al., 2013; van Prooijen, 2018). In this study, we test
this proposition by examining the individual differences associated with the
development of COVID-19-related CT beliefs during the pandemic. A total of 660
adults completed a survey that captured COVID-related CT beliefs and broader
conspiracy beliefs, education, perceived stress and attitudes towards government
responses. The results showed that COVID-19 related CT beliefs were: strongly
related to broader CT beliefs, higher in those with lower levels of education;
and, positively (although weakly) correlated with more negative attitudes towards
government responses. However, no relationship was found between COVID-19 beliefs
and self-reported stress. These findings hold implications for why some people
are more likely to be resistant to public health interventions relating to
COVID-19. The findings encourage more detailed exploration of the causes and
sources of CTs and, in particular, the role of social media use and other
information sources in the development and perpetuation of health-related CT
beliefs.