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DOI	10.1017/S0033291720001890
	Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England
	Freeman, Daniel; Waite, Felicity; Rosebrock, Laina; Petit, Ariane; Causier, Chiara; East, Anna; Jenner, Lucy; Teale, Ashley-Louise; Carr, Lydia; Mulhall, Sophie; Bold, Emily; Lambe, Sinead
发表日期	2022
ISSN	0033-2917
EISSN	1469-8978
起始页码	251
结束页码	263
卷号	52 期号:2
英文摘要	Background An 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. Methods A non-probability online survey with 2501 adults in England, quota sampled to match the population for age, gender, income, and region. Results Approximately 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. Conclusions In 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.
英文关键词	conspiracy beliefs; mistrust; paranoia; public health; vaccination hesitancy
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Psychology, Clinical ; Psychiatry ; Psychology
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED) ; Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
WOS记录号	WOS:000753875400007
来源期刊	PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/280851
作者单位	University of Oxford
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Freeman, Daniel,Waite, Felicity,Rosebrock, Laina,et al. Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England[J],2022,52(2).
APA	Freeman, Daniel.,Waite, Felicity.,Rosebrock, Laina.,Petit, Ariane.,Causier, Chiara.,...&Lambe, Sinead.(2022).Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England.PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE,52(2).
MLA	Freeman, Daniel,et al."Coronavirus conspiracy beliefs, mistrust, and compliance with government guidelines in England".PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE 52.2(2022).