ICPS
2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023
Conspiring Under Threat! an Investigation of Associations between COVID-19 Health and Economic Threat and Conspiracy Beliefs in Italy and Argentina
- Gennaro Pica
University of Camerino - Jaume Luis
University of Buenos Aires - Marika Rullo
University of Siena - Molinario Erica
Florida Gulf Coast University - Calogero Lo Destro
University Niccolò Cusano - Emilio Paolo Visintin
University of Ferrara
Abstract
In two studies(Italy and Argentina) we explored whether and how two main threats(health and economic) aroused by the COVID-19 are related to conspiracy beliefs.Our results confirmed that COVID-19’s economic threat was positively related to conspiracy theories whereas health threat was negative related to conspiracy theories only in the Italian sample.
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