Factors that Impact COVID-19 Conspirational Beliefs and Health-Related Behaviors
Factors that Impact COVID-19 Conspirational Beliefs and Health-Related Behaviors
Abstract: To further investigate the role of conspirational beliefs on health-related behaviors during a health pandemic such as COVID-19, we conducted an online survey among U.S. adults (N = 798) to examine: (1) the strengths of different groups of individual-level variables in predicting conspiracy beliefs about COVID-19 and related health behaviors; and (2) the role of beliefs in conspiracy theories about COVID-19 in mediating the relationship between individual differences and COVID-19 health-related behaviors. Our findings provide implications to pandemic communication theory and practice.
Related Research
-
Understanding Influenza Vaccination Attitudes and Behaviors: An Assessment of Health Decision-making PreferencesK-A. M. Anderson, Glen J. Nowak, Michael A. Cacciatore, P. Rohani, and J.M. Drake (accepted for publication), “Understanding Influenza Vaccination Attitudes and Behaviors: An Assessment of Health Decision-making Preferences,” Vaccine. […]
-
Using Theory to Better Craft Health CommunicationsGlen Nowak and Daniela DeLuca, “Using Theory to Better Craft Health Communications,” pre-conference workshop at annual Society for Health Communications’ Summit, Austin, TX, June 12.