Molenda, Zuzanna, Marchlewska, Marta, Karakula, Adam, Szczepańska, Dagmara, Rogoza, Marta, Green, Ricky, Cislak, Aleksandra, Douglas, Karen (2023) Coping strategies and belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63 (1). pp. 319-339. ISSN 0144-6665. E-ISSN 2044-8309. (doi:10.1111/bjso.12684) (KAR id:102450)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12684 |
Abstract
Conspiracy beliefs have been related to aversive emotional experiences often accompanying major world events and have also been linked to maladaptive ways of coping with stress. In this research, we examined how different coping strategies (i.e., self-sufficient, social-support, avoidance, and religious) predicted the adoption of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. In two studies (Study 1, n = 1000 and Study 2, n = 616) conducted among Polish participants, we found that avoidance and religious coping were positively linked to COVID- 19 conspiracy beliefs. In Study 1, conspiracy beliefs also mediated the positive relationships between avoidance and religious coping and adherence to safety and self-isolation guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study 2 additionally showed that the relationship between fear, induced by reading threatening news on COVID-19, and conspiracy beliefs was the strongest among those high in avoidance coping. These studies highlight the role of coping strategies in the adoption of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1111/bjso.12684 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | coping strategies; avoidance coping; religious coping; COVID-19; conspiracy beliefs |
Subjects: |
B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology |
Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
Depositing User: | Karen Douglas |
Date Deposited: | 15 Aug 2023 09:35 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Sep 2024 23:00 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/102450 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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