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Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the world

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dc.contributor.authorBrzóska, Paweł
dc.contributor.authorŻemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena
dc.contributor.authorPiotrowski, Jarosław
dc.contributor.authorNowak, Bartłomiej
dc.contributor.authorJonason, Peter K.
dc.contributor.authorSedikides, Constantine
dc.contributor.authorAdamovic, Mladen
dc.contributor.authorAtitsogbe, Kokou A.
dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Oli
dc.contributor.authorAzam, Uzma
dc.contributor.authorBălțătescu, Sergiu
dc.contributor.authorBochaver, Konstantin
dc.contributor.authorBolatov, Aidos
dc.contributor.authorBonato, Mario
dc.contributor.authorCounted, Victor
dc.contributor.authorChaleeraktrakoon, Trawin
dc.contributor.authorRamos-Diaz, Jano
dc.contributor.authorDragova-Koleva, Sonya
dc.contributor.authorEldesoki, Walaa Labib M.
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Carla Sofia
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, Valdiney V.
dc.contributor.authorPerez de Leon, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorIliško, Dzintra
dc.contributor.authorDatu, Jesus Alfonso D.
dc.contributor.authorJia, Fanli
dc.contributor.authorJovanović, Veljko
dc.contributor.authorJukić, Tomislav
dc.contributor.authorKhachatryan, Narine
dc.contributor.authorKovacs, Monika
dc.contributor.authorLifshin, Uri
dc.contributor.authorLarzabal Fernandez, Aitor
dc.contributor.authorLiik, Kadi
dc.contributor.authorMalik, Sadia
dc.contributor.authorMoon, Chanki
dc.contributor.authorMuehlbacher, Stephan
dc.contributor.authorNajafi, Reza
dc.contributor.authorOruç, Emre
dc.contributor.authorPark, Joonha
dc.contributor.authorŠolcová, Iva Poláčková
dc.contributor.authorArdi, Rahkman
dc.contributor.authorRidic, Ognjen
dc.contributor.authorRidic, Goran
dc.contributor.authorSaid, Yadgar Ismail
dc.contributor.authorStarc, Andrej
dc.contributor.authorStefenel, Delia
dc.contributor.authorTrà, Kiều Thị Thanh
dc.contributor.authorTiliouine, Habib
dc.contributor.authorTomšik, Robert
dc.contributor.authorTorres-Marin, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorUmeh, Charles S.
dc.contributor.authorWills-Herrera, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorWlodarczyk, Anna
dc.contributor.authorVally, Zahir
dc.contributor.authorYahiiaiev, Illia
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-13T09:48:38Z
dc.date.available2025-05-13T09:48:38Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractUnfounded—conspiracy and health—beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of these beliefs with an 8-item scale, using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. We obtained a two-factor model of unfounded (conspiracy and health) beliefs with good internal structure (average CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.04), but a high correlation between the two factors (average latent factor correlation = 0.57). This model was replicable across 50 countries (total N = 13,579), as evidenced by metric invariance between countries (CFI = 0.96, RMSEA = 0.06, SRMS = 0.07) as well as scalar invariance across genders (CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.04, SRMS = 0.03) and educational levels (CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.04, SRMS = 0.03). Also, lower levels of education, more fear of COVID-19, and more cynicism were weakly associated with stronger conspiracy and health beliefs. The study contributes to knowledge about the structure of unfounded beliefs, and reveals the potential relevance of affective (i.e., fear of COVID-19) and cognitive (i.e., cynicism) factors along with demographics, in endorsing such beliefs. In summary, we obtained cross-cultural evidence for the distinctiveness of unfounded conspiracy and health beliefs about COVID-19 in terms of their structure and correlates.eng
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13546783.2023.2259539
dc.identifier.eid85173534370
dc.identifier.issn1354-6783
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/53246
dc.identifier.wos001076895900001
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.subjectConspiracy beliefs
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectCross-cultural
dc.subjectHealth beliefs
dc.subjectUnfounded beliefs
dc.titleTesting the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the worldeng
dc.typeresearch article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage326
oaire.citation.issue2
oaire.citation.startPage301
oaire.citation.titleThinking & Reasoning
oaire.citation.volume30
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aa
person.familyNameEsteves
person.givenNameCarla Sofia
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7307-8373
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