A5035452646- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
- Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Sociology and Education Studies
- Religion, Society, and Development
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Religion and Society Interactions
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Optimism, Hope, and Well-being
- Public Health Policies and Education
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Social Media and Politics
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Religious Education and Schools
University of Münster
2022-2025
Friedrich Schiller University Jena
2020-2023
Changing collective behaviour and supporting non-pharmaceutical interventions is an important component in mitigating virus transmission during a pandemic. In large international collaboration (Study 1, N = 49,968 across 67 countries), we investigated self-reported factors that associated with people reported adopting public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing stricter hygiene) endorsed policy closing bars restaurants) the early stage of pandemic (April-May 2020). Respondents who...
We investigated pandemic denial in the general public Germany after first wave of COVID-19 May 2020. Using latent class analysis, we compared patterns disagreement with claims about (a) origin, spread, or infectiousness SARS-CoV-2 virus and (b) personal risk from between scientific laypersons (
Abstract Right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA) refers to an adherence conventional values and authorities with the power penalize groups that are perceived challenge cohesion of ingroup norms. Correspondingly, RWA has repeatedly been linked negative perceptions minoritized groups, such as refugees or religious minorities. To investigate whether how sociocultural factors add moderate influences pose a threat (i.e. perceptions), we examined (a) value RWA, religiosity societal marginalization in...
We investigated pandemic denial in the general public Germany after first wave of COVID-19 May 2020. Using latent class analysis, we compared patterns disagreement with claims about (a) origin, spread, or infectiousness SARS-CoV-2 virus and (b) personal risk from between scientific laypersons (N = 1,575) experts 128). Two groups differed distinctively expert evaluations. The Dismissive (8%) are characterized by low-risk assessment, low compliance containment measures, mistrust politicians....
Conspiracy mentality (CM), the general propensity to believe in conspiracy theories, has been linked political behaviors, prejudice, and non‐compliance with public health guidelines. While there is increasing evidence that beliefs are pervasive, research on individual‐level predictors of CM scarce. Specifically, we identify three gaps research: First, question which characteristics predict inconsistent often based small samples. Second, personality, political, religious usually examined...
We investigated pandemic denial in the general public Germany after a first wave of COVID-19 May 2020. Using Latent Class Analysis, we compared patterns disagreement with claims about (a) origin, spread or infectiousness Sars-CoV-2 virus and (b) personal risk from between scientific laypersons (N = 1,575) experts 128). Two groups differed distinctively expert evaluations. The Dismissive (8%) are characterized by low-risk assessment, low compliance containment measures mistrust politicians....