What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality
Authors
Lazarević, Ljiljana B.
Purić, Danka

Teovanović, Predrag

Lukić, Petar

Zupan, Zorana

Knežević, Goran

Article (Accepted Version)
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The study aimed to investigate the role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality in health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., recommended health behaviors according to COVID-19 guidelines and engagement in pseudoscientific practices related to COVID-19. Basic personality space was defined by the HEXACO model complemented by Disintegration, which represents psychotic-like experiences and behaviors reconceptualized as a personality trait. Mediation analyses conducted on a convenient sample from the general population recruited via social media and by snowballing (N = 417) showed that engagement in pseudoscientific behaviors was predicted by high Disintegration. However, this relationship was entirely mediated by high experiential and low rational thinking styles. Adherence to health practices recommended by COVID-19 guidelines was predicted by high Honesty traits, while low Disintegration had both direct and indirect effects through conspiracy mentalit...y.
Keywords:
Conspiracy mentality / COVID-19 / Disintegration / HEXACO / Pseudoscientific practices / Recommended health behaviors / Thinking stylesSource:
Personality and Individual Differences, 2021, 176, 110771-Publisher:
- Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
Note:
- This is the peer‐reviewed version of the article: Lazarević, L. B.; Purić, D.; Teovanović, P.; Lukić, P.; Zupan, Z.; Knežević, G. What Drives Us to Be (Ir)Responsible for Our Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic? The Role of Personality, Thinking Styles, and Conspiracy Mentality. Personality and Individual Differences 2021, 176, 110771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771
Related info:
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771
ISSN: 0191-8869
WoS: 000632251200009
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85100702934
URI
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188692100146XC:\Users\FASPER\Zotero\storage\CJP3LC96\Lazarević et al. - 2021 - What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our healt.pdf
http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3744
Collections
Institution/Community
rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Lazarević, Ljiljana B. AU - Purić, Danka AU - Teovanović, Predrag AU - Lukić, Petar AU - Zupan, Zorana AU - Knežević, Goran PY - 2021 UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S019188692100146X UR - C:\Users\FASPER\Zotero\storage\CJP3LC96\Lazarević et al. - 2021 - What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our healt.pdf UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3744 AB - The study aimed to investigate the role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality in health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., recommended health behaviors according to COVID-19 guidelines and engagement in pseudoscientific practices related to COVID-19. Basic personality space was defined by the HEXACO model complemented by Disintegration, which represents psychotic-like experiences and behaviors reconceptualized as a personality trait. Mediation analyses conducted on a convenient sample from the general population recruited via social media and by snowballing (N = 417) showed that engagement in pseudoscientific behaviors was predicted by high Disintegration. However, this relationship was entirely mediated by high experiential and low rational thinking styles. Adherence to health practices recommended by COVID-19 guidelines was predicted by high Honesty traits, while low Disintegration had both direct and indirect effects through conspiracy mentality. PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford T2 - Personality and Individual Differences T1 - What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality SP - 110771 VL - 176 DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771 ER -
@article{ author = "Lazarević, Ljiljana B. and Purić, Danka and Teovanović, Predrag and Lukić, Petar and Zupan, Zorana and Knežević, Goran", year = "2021", abstract = "The study aimed to investigate the role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality in health-related behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic, i.e., recommended health behaviors according to COVID-19 guidelines and engagement in pseudoscientific practices related to COVID-19. Basic personality space was defined by the HEXACO model complemented by Disintegration, which represents psychotic-like experiences and behaviors reconceptualized as a personality trait. Mediation analyses conducted on a convenient sample from the general population recruited via social media and by snowballing (N = 417) showed that engagement in pseudoscientific behaviors was predicted by high Disintegration. However, this relationship was entirely mediated by high experiential and low rational thinking styles. Adherence to health practices recommended by COVID-19 guidelines was predicted by high Honesty traits, while low Disintegration had both direct and indirect effects through conspiracy mentality.", publisher = "Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford", journal = "Personality and Individual Differences", title = "What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality", pages = "110771", volume = "176", doi = "10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771" }
Lazarević, L. B., Purić, D., Teovanović, P., Lukić, P., Zupan, Z.,& Knežević, G.. (2021). What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality. in Personality and Individual Differences Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 176, 110771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771
Lazarević LB, Purić D, Teovanović P, Lukić P, Zupan Z, Knežević G. What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality. in Personality and Individual Differences. 2021;176:110771. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771 .
Lazarević, Ljiljana B., Purić, Danka, Teovanović, Predrag, Lukić, Petar, Zupan, Zorana, Knežević, Goran, "What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality" in Personality and Individual Differences, 176 (2021):110771, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110771 . .