Pandemic or “Plandemic”?: The Mediating Role of Epistemic Justification Strategies in the Relationship Between COVID‐19 Conspiracy Beliefs and COVID‐19 Vaccine Conspiracy Beliefs
Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example, the present results indicated the complex relationships between conspiracy beliefs and epistemic justification. The present results indicate the importance of authorities in taking early action to provide scientific evidence and information to the public to avoid individuals believing false information.
Authors
- Aslı Kartol (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8127-0560)
- Po‐Ching Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2047-2246)
- Ali Gökalp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3301-8392)
- Erkan Dinç (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0953-3351)
- Servet Üztemur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1580-9123)
- Hsin‐Chi Tsai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1015-8728)
- Chung‐Ying Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2129-4242)
- Mark D. Griffiths
Institutions
- INTI International University (MY)
- Anadolu University (TR)
- Chang Gung University (TW)
- Tzu Chi University (TW)
- Eskişehir City Hospital (TR)
- Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital (TW)
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- National Cheng Kung University (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain and Behavior
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70275
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.60
Funders
- National Cheng Kung University
- National Science and Technology Council