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Development and Validation of a Brief Form of the Weight Control/Blame Subscale of the Antifat Attitudes Test [PDF]

open access: yesObesity Facts
Introduction: The Weight Control/Blame (WCB) subscale of the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT) measures weight stigma, particularly beliefs linking obesity to personal responsibility, which contributes to discrimination and negative psychological,
Julia Petersen   +4 more
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Correlation Between Covid-19 Phobia, Conspiracy Mentality, Intolerance of Uncertainty, and Vaccine Hesitancy among Assiut University Students [PDF]

open access: yesPort Said Scientific Journal of Nursing, 2022
Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic management depends on public acceptance of vaccines and vaccine-induced herd immunity remains the best hope for putting a stop to the pandemic.
Nadia Abd El-Ghany Abd EL-Hameed   +2 more
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Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries [PDF]

open access: yesNature Human Behaviour, 2022
People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (that is, conspiracy mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between conspiracy mentality and political orientation, showing a greater conspiracy mentality either among the political right (a linear relation) or amongst both the left and right
Imhoff, Roland   +39 more
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Moderating Effect of Psychological Antecedents and Conspiracy Mentality on COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among a Sample of Egyptians [PDF]

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021
Background: Vaccine hesitancy is an important public health problem as it could prolong the pandemic. Aim: To assess moderating effect of psychological antecedents and conspiracy mentality on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among a sample of Egyptians. Design:
Mishmisha El Sayed   +4 more
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Perceived Government Transparency and COVID-19 Conspiracy Beliefs: The Mediating Role of Conspiracy Mentality. [PDF]

open access: yesPsychol Rep, 2023
As transparency is believed to be a key factor linked to trust in the government, we explore the link between the perceived lack of transparency and COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs. Two studies were conducted ( N 1 = 264 and N 2 = 113) using both ...
Besta T, Nęcka J, Jaśkiewicz M.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Conspiracy endorsement and its associations with personality functioning, anxiety, loneliness, and sociodemographic characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic in a representative sample of the German population.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundIn the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals have been found to endorse conspiracy beliefs. Socio-demographic variables, personality functioning, anxiety, and loneliness could be risk factors for this endorsement.MethodsIn a ...
Nora Hettich   +6 more
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Populist Attitudes as a Mediator between Relative Deprivation and Conspiracy Mentality

open access: yesStudia Psychologica, 2023
Conspiracy theories are widespread and present a threat to society. Both conspiracy and populist beliefs describe society as a struggle between powerful elites and common people, while those who feel powerless or deprived may be more gullible to these ...
Alexander Loziak, Ivana Piterová
doaj   +1 more source

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