The anatomy of COVID‐19‐related conspiracy beliefs: Exploring their nomological network on a nationally representative sample.
Objectives: The outbreak of the COVID‐19 pandemic was followed by the widespread proliferation of conspiracy beliefs (CBs) regarding the origin and harmfulness of the virus and a high level of hesitancy to vaccinate. We aimed to test a series of hypotheses on the correlates of CBs and vaccination, i...
| Publicado en: | British Journal of Clinical Psychology Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 642 - 663 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Sep2023
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