在50个州对美国成年人进行的一项调查中,阴谋思维
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
|September 24, 2024
概括
一项大型美国调查发现,大多数成年人参与阴谋思维,这在某些人口群体中更为常见,并且与较低的COVID-19疫苗接种率有关. 这凸显了解决公共卫生领域的阴谋主义信仰的必要性.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 神经精神病学现象型在不同的人群中有所不同,但在小型临床组之外,对认知中的阴谋思想的理解是有限的.
- 阴谋思维是认知的一个研究不足的方面,具有潜在的公共卫生影响.
研究的目的:
- 调查阴谋思维在美国大量,多样化的成年人群中的流行率和社会人口统计相关性.
- 检查阴谋思维与COVID-19疫苗接种状态之间的关联.
主要方法:
- 一项50个州的非概率互联网调查在6个波段 (2022年10月 - 2024年1月) 进行,其中123,781名18岁以上的受访者参与了调查.
- 参与者完成了美国阴谋思维量表 (ACTS) 和患者健康问卷 (PHQ-9).
- 调查加权回归模型分析了阴谋思维,社会人口统计学,抑郁症状和疫苗接种状态之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 78.6%的受访者同意至少一个阴谋观念; 19.0%的人同意所有四个.
- 报告说,男性,25-54岁的成年人,有大学教育但没有学位的人,中低收入 (25k-50k美元),农村居民和患有抑郁症状的个人中,阴谋思维的程度更高.
- 增加的阴谋思想与COVID-19疫苗接种可能性较低显著相关.
结论:
- 相当一部分美国成年人表现出阴谋思维,人口统计和临床亚组之间存在显著差异.
- 阴谋思维与较低的疫苗接种率之间的关联强调了它对制定公共卫生战略的重要性.
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