The psychological drivers of misinformation belief and its resistance to correction

UKH Ecker, S Lewandowsky, J Cook… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Misinformation has been identified as a major contributor to various contentious
contemporary events ranging from elections and referenda to the response to the COVID-19 …

[HTML][HTML] Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review

V Van Mulukom, LJ Pummerer, S Alper, H Bai… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rationale Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can have severe consequences; it is
therefore crucial to understand this phenomenon, in its similarities with general conspiracy …

High rates of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and its association with conspiracy beliefs: a study in Jordan and Kuwait among other Arab countries

M Sallam, D Dababseh, H Eid, K Al-Mahzoum… - Vaccines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vaccination could be an effective strategy for slowing the spread of the current coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Vaccine hesitancy could pose a serious problem for …

Inoculating against fake news about COVID-19

S van Der Linden, J Roozenbeek… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has been accompanied by
a large amount of misleading and false information about the virus, especially on social …

[HTML][HTML] Conspiracy theories as barriers to controlling the spread of COVID-19 in the US

D Romer, KH Jamieson - Social science & medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Rationale The COVID-19 pandemic poses extraordinary challenges to public health.
Objective Because the novel coronavirus is highly contagious, the widespread use of …

Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19 around the world

J Roozenbeek, CR Schneider… - Royal Society …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Misinformation about COVID-19 is a major threat to public health. Using five national
samples from the UK (n= 1050 and n= 1150), Ireland (n= 700), the USA (n= 700), Spain (n …

Low COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is correlated with conspiracy beliefs among university students in Jordan

M Sallam, D Dababseh, H Eid, H Hasan… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vaccination to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged as a promising
measure to overcome the negative consequences of the pandemic. Since university …

Results of the COVID-19 mental health international for the general population (COMET-G) study

KN Fountoulakis, G Karakatsoulis, S Abraham… - European …, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction There are few published empirical data on the effects of COVID‐19 on mental
health, and until now, there is no large international study. Material and methods During the …

Self-reported changes in anxiety, depression and suicidality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece

KN Fountoulakis, MK Apostolidou, MB Atsiova… - Journal of affective …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction There are only a few published empirical data on COVID‐19′ s effects on the
mental health. Material and Methods During lockdown, an online questionnaire registered …

The different forms of COVID-19 misinformation and their consequences

AM Enders, JE Uscinski, C Klofstad… - The Harvard Kennedy …, 2020 - dash.harvard.edu
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, an understanding of the structure and organization
of beliefs in pandemic conspiracy theories and misinformation becomes increasingly critical …