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Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the world
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SYSNO ASEP 0575957 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the world Author(s) Brzóska, P. (PL)
Żemojtel-Piotrowska, M. (PL)
Piotrowski, J. (PL)
Nowak, B. (PL)
Jonason, P.K. (IT)
Sedikides, C. (GB)
Adamovic, M. (GB)
Atitsogbe, K.A. (CH)
Ahmedf, O. (BD)
Azamg, U. (IN)
Bălțătescu, S. (RO)
Bochaver, K. (RU)
Bolatov, A. (KZ)
Bonato, M. (IT)
Counted, V. (US)
Chaleeraktrakoon, T. (TH)
Ramos-Diaz, J. (PE)
Dragova-Koleva, S. (BG)
Eldesoki, W.L.M. (EG)
Esteves, C.S. (PT)
Gouveia, V.V. (BR)
de Leon, P.P. (UY)
Iliško, D. (LT)
Datu, J.A.D. (CN)
Jia, F. (US)
Poláčková Šolcová, Iva (PSU-E) RID, ORCID, SAINumber of authors 52 Source Title Thinking & Reasoning - ISSN 1354-6783
Roč. 30, č. 2 (2024), s. 301-326Number of pages 26 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords unfounded beliefs ; COVID-19 ; conspiracy beliefs ; health beliefs ; cross-cultural Subject RIV AN - Psychology OECD category Psychology (including human - machine relations) R&D Projects LX22NPO5101 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Method of publishing Limited access Institutional support PSU-E - RVO:68081740 UT WOS 001076895900001 EID SCOPUS 85173534370 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13546783.2023.2259539 Annotation Unfounded—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. Workplace Institute of Psychology Contact Štěpánka Halamová, Halamova@praha.psu.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 222 096 Year of Publishing 2025 Electronic address https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13546783.2023.2259539
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