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Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England
Psychological Medicine ( IF 6.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-05-21 , DOI: 10.1017/s0033291720001890
Daniel Freeman 1, 2 , Felicity Waite 1, 2 , Laina Rosebrock 1, 2 , Ariane Petit 1, 2 , Chiara Causier 1, 2 , Anna East 1, 2 , Lucy Jenner 1, 2 , Ashley-Louise Teale 1, 2 , Lydia Carr 1, 2 , Sophie Mulhall 1, 2 , Emily Bold 1, 2 , Sinéad Lambe 1, 2
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BackgroundAn invisible threat has visibly altered the world. Governments and key institutions have had to implement decisive responses to the danger posed by the coronavirus pandemic. Imposed change will increase the likelihood that alternative explanations take hold. In a proportion of the general population there may be strong scepticism, fear of being misled, and false conspiracy theories. Our objectives were to estimate the prevalence of conspiracy thinking about the pandemic and test associations with reduced adherence to government guidelines.MethodsA non-probability online survey with 2501 adults in England, quota sampled to match the population for age, gender, income, and region.ResultsApproximately 50% of this population showed little evidence of conspiracy thinking, 25% showed a degree of endorsement, 15% showed a consistent pattern of endorsement, and 10% had very high levels of endorsement. Higher levels of coronavirus conspiracy thinking were associated with less adherence to all government guidelines and less willingness to take diagnostic or antibody tests or to be vaccinated. Such ideas were also associated with paranoia, general vaccination conspiracy beliefs, climate change conspiracy belief, a conspiracy mentality, and distrust in institutions and professions. Holding coronavirus conspiracy beliefs was also associated with being more likely to share opinions.ConclusionsIn England there is appreciable endorsement of conspiracy beliefs about coronavirus. Such ideas do not appear confined to the fringes. The conspiracy beliefs connect to other forms of mistrust and are associated with less compliance with government guidelines and greater unwillingness to take up future tests and treatment.

中文翻译:

冠状病毒阴谋信念、不信任以及对英格兰政府指导方针的遵守

背景一种无形的威胁明显改变了世界。各国政府和主要机构不得不对冠状病毒大流行带来的危险采取果断的应对措施。强加的改变将增加替代解释成立的可能性。在一部分普通人群中,可能存在强烈的怀疑、害怕被误导和虚假的阴谋论。我们的目标是估计对大流行和测试协会的阴谋思考的流行程度,并降低对政府指导方针的遵守。方法对英格兰 2501 名成年人进行的非概率在线调查,抽样配额以匹配年龄、性别、收入和地区的人口.Results 大约 50% 的人几乎没有阴谋论的证据,25% 的人表示一定程度的支持,15% 的人表现出一致的支持模式,10% 的人支持率非常高。冠状病毒阴谋思维水平越高,对所有政府指导方针的遵守程度越低,接受诊断或抗体测试或接种疫苗的意愿就越低。这些想法也与偏执狂、一般疫苗接种阴谋信念、气候变化阴谋信念、阴谋心态以及对机构和专业的不信任有关。持有冠状病毒阴谋信念也与更有可能分享意见有关。结论在英格兰,对冠状病毒的阴谋信念有明显的认可。这样的想法似乎并不局限于边缘。
更新日期:2020-05-21
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