Health-protective behaviour, social media usage and conspiracy belief during the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Social media platforms have long been recognised as major disseminators of health misinformation. Many previous studies have found a negative association between health-protective behaviours and belief in the specific form of misinformation popularly known as 'conspiracy theory'. Concerns have arisen regarding the spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories on social media. METHODS:Three questionnaire surveys of social media use, conspiracy beliefs and health-protective behaviours with regard to COVID-19 among UK residents were carried out online, one using a self-selecting sample (N = 949) and two using stratified random samples from a recruited panel (N = 2250, N = 2254). RESULTS:All three studies found a negative relationship between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and COVID-19 health-protective behaviours, and a positive relationship between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs and use of social media as a source of information about COVID-19. Studies 2 and 3 also found a negative relationship between COVID-19 health-protective behaviours and use of social media as a source of information, and Study 3 found a positive relationship between health-protective behaviours and use of broadcast media as a source of information. CONCLUSIONS:When used as an information source, unregulated social media may present a health risk that is partly but not wholly reducible to their role as disseminators of health-related conspiracy beliefs.

journal_name

Psychol Med

journal_title

Psychological medicine

authors

Allington D,Duffy B,Wessely S,Dhavan N,Rubin J

doi

10.1017/S003329172000224X

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-06-09 00:00:00

pages

1-7

eissn

0033-2917

issn

1469-8978

pii

S003329172000224X

pub_type

杂志文章
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder in the community: an epidemiological study.

    abstract::Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was studied in the Piedmont region of North Carolina. Among 2985 subjects, the lifetime and six month prevalence figures for PTSD were 1.30 and 0.44% respectively. In comparison to non-PTSD subjects, those with PTSD had significantly greater job instability, family history of psyc...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700022352

    authors: Davidson JR,Hughes D,Blazer DG,George LK

    更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00

  • Acute cannabis use causes increased psychotomimetic experiences in individuals prone to psychosis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Epidemiological evidence suggests a link between cannabis use and psychosis. A variety of factors have been proposed to mediate an individual's vulnerability to the harmful effects of the drug, one of which is their psychosis proneness. We hypothesized that highly psychosis-prone individuals would report mor...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291708004741

    authors: Mason O,Morgan CJ,Dhiman SK,Patel A,Parti N,Patel A,Curran HV

    更新日期:2009-06-01 00:00:00

  • The many faces of human ageing: toward a psychological culture of old age.

    abstract::In an effort to distil major findings about the nature of human ageing, seven propositions are presented as a guiding frame of reference. This propositional framework is then used to specify some conditions for a positive culture of old age and to advance one possible model of good psychological ageing. This model foc...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700029846

    authors: Baltes PB

    更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00

  • Multivariate predictors of social skills performance in middle-aged and older out-patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Cognitive impairment and negative symptoms are two of the primary features of schizophrenia associated with poor social functioning. We examined the relationships between clinical characteristics, specific cognitive abilities and social skills performance in middle-aged and older out-patients with schizophre...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291707001304

    authors: Sitzer DI,Twamley EW,Patterson TL,Jeste DV

    更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00

  • Emotional instability as a trait risk factor for eating disorder behaviors in adolescents: Sex differences in a large-scale prospective study.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Temperament and personality traits, including negative emotionality/neuroticism, may represent risk factors for eating disorders. Further, risk factors may differ by sex. We examined longitudinal temperament/personality pathways of risk for purging and binge eating in youth stratified by sex using data from ...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291719001818

    authors: Brown M,Hochman A,Micali N

    更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00

  • Separation of genetic influences on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and reaction time performance from those on IQ.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) shows a strong phenotypic and genetic association with reaction time (RT) variability, considered to reflect lapses in attention. Yet we know little about whether this aetiological pathway is shared with other affected cognitive processes in ADHD, such as lower...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S003329170999119X

    authors: Wood AC,Asherson P,van der Meere JJ,Kuntsi J

    更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00

  • Depression, smoking, and lung cancer risk over 24 years among women.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Studies evaluating depression's role in lung cancer risk revealed contradictory findings, partly because of the small number of cases, short follow-up periods, and failure to account for key covariates including smoking exposure. We investigated the association of depressive symptoms with lung cancer risk in...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291720004390

    authors: Trudel-Fitzgerald C,Zevon ES,Kawachi I,Tucker-Seeley RD,Kubzansky LD

    更新日期:2020-12-03 00:00:00

  • COMT Val158Met moderation of stress-induced psychosis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Exposure to stressful life events increases the risk of developing a psychotic disorder. Moreover, increased reactivity to stress seems to represent part of the vulnerability for psychosis. This study aimed to investigate whether a functional polymorphism in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT Val(158)Met...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291707001080

    authors: Stefanis NC,Henquet C,Avramopoulos D,Smyrnis N,Evdokimidis I,Myin-Germeys I,Stefanis CN,Van Os J

    更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00

  • A comparison of anorexia nervosa and affective psychosis in young females.

    abstract::In a retrospective case note study, 73 young females with anorexia nervosa were compared with 88 young females with affective psychosis. These groups of patients did not differ in terms of place of residence, birth order or social class. They differed very significantly, however, in terms of age at onset of symptoms, ...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700013295

    authors: Eagles JM,Wilson AM,Hunter D,Callender JS

    更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00

  • Towards further understanding of the co-morbidity between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and bipolar disorder: a MRI study of brain volumes.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Although attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and bipolar disorder (BPD) co-occur frequently and represent a particularly morbid clinical form of both disorders, neuroimaging research addressing this co-morbidity is scarce. Our aim was to evaluate the morphometric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) ...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291707001791

    authors: Biederman J,Makris N,Valera EM,Monuteaux MC,Goldstein JM,Buka S,Boriel DL,Bandyopadhyay S,Kennedy DN,Caviness VS,Bush G,Aleardi M,Hammerness P,Faraone SV,Seidman LJ

    更新日期:2008-07-01 00:00:00

  • Expressed emotion research in schizophrenia: theoretical and clinical implications.

    abstract::The expressed emotion (EE) measure is a robust predictor of relapse in schizophrenia. At least twelve studies from a range of cultures have now shown this, although the authors of one maintain their findings are the result of confounding factors. A thirteenth study which failed to demonstrate a predictive effect was s...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700009831

    authors: Kuipers L,Bebbington P

    更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00

  • Are changes in ADHD course reflected in differences in IQ and executive functioning from childhood to young adulthood?

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with poorer cognitive functioning. We used a developmental, genetically-sensitive approach to examine intelligence quotient (IQ) from early childhood to young adulthood among those with different ADHD courses to investigate whether changes in ADHD...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291719003015

    authors: Agnew-Blais JC,Polanczyk GV,Danese A,Wertz J,Moffitt TE,Arseneault L

    更新日期:2020-12-01 00:00:00

  • Lymphocyte numbers in endogenous depression.

    abstract::The blood counts of 80 patients with depression were examined (50 unipolar, 30 bipolar). Many had reduced numbers of circulating lymphocytes. This abnormality was more common in the unipolar group (52%) than in the bipolar group (27%). When those patients with an abnormal dexamethasone suppression test response in bot...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700024934

    authors: Murphy D,Gardner R,Greden JF,Carroll BJ

    更新日期:1987-05-01 00:00:00

  • Trajectories of childhood neighbourhood cohesion and adolescent mental health: evidence from a national Canadian cohort.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The objective of this study was to examine associations between trajectories of childhood neighbourhood social cohesion and adolescent mental health and behaviour. METHOD:This study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, a nationally representative sample of Canadian children...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291715001245

    authors: Kingsbury M,Kirkbride JB,McMartin SE,Wickham ME,Weeks M,Colman I

    更新日期:2015-11-01 00:00:00

  • Dysfunctional parenting as a risk factor to lifetime depression in a sample of employed Japanese adults: evidence for the 'affectionless control' hypothesis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Although many case-control studies have replicated an association between dysfunctional parenting and a lifetime diagnosis of depression, few epidemiological studies have explored the association. In addition, little is known about the association in non-western countries. METHODS:Using logistic regression ...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/s0033291797006430

    authors: Sato T,Sakado K,Uehara T,Narita T,Hirano S,Nishioka K,Kasahara Y

    更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00

  • The extent of mental and physical ill-health of clients referred to social workers in a local authority department and a general attachment scheme.

    abstract::Information regarding the physical and mental health of clients referred to social workers in a local authority intake team and to a general practice attachment scheme was collected over a 3-month period. Although returns to the Department of Health and Social Security during this period indicated that a very low prop...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700032153

    authors: Corney RH

    更新日期:1979-08-01 00:00:00

  • Neuroanatomical abnormalities in first-episode psychosis across independent samples: a multi-centre mega-analysis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Neuroanatomical abnormalities in first-episode psychosis (FEP) tend to be subtle and widespread. The vast majority of previous studies have used small samples, and therefore may have been underpowered. In addition, most studies have examined participants at a single research site, and therefore the results m...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291719003568

    authors: Vieira S,Gong Q,Scarpazza C,Lui S,Huang X,Crespo-Facorro B,Tordesillas-Gutierrez D,de la Foz VO,Setien-Suero E,Scheepers F,van Haren NEM,Kahn R,Reis Marques T,Ciufolini S,Di Forti M,Murray RM,David A,Dazzan P,McGuire

    更新日期:2019-12-20 00:00:00

  • The dynamic nature of depression: a new micro-level perspective of mental disorder that meets current challenges.

    abstract::The examination of moment-to-moment, 'micro-level' patterns of experience and behaviour using experience sampling methodology has contributed to our understanding of the 'macro-level' development of full-blown symptoms and disorders. This paper argues that the micro-level perspective can be used to identify the smalle...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,评审

    doi:10.1017/S0033291713001979

    authors: Wichers M

    更新日期:2014-05-01 00:00:00

  • Effect of discontinuation v. maintenance of antipsychotic medication on relapse rates in patients with remitted/stable first-episode psychosis: a meta-analysis.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Discontinuation of antipsychotics predisposes patients with remitted/stable first-episode psychosis (FEP) to a higher risk of relapse, but it remains unclear how long discontinuation increases the relapse rate in these patients compared with maintenance. METHODS:This meta-analysis of randomized controlled t...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析

    doi:10.1017/S0033291718001393

    authors: Kishi T,Ikuta T,Matsui Y,Inada K,Matsuda Y,Mishima K,Iwata N

    更新日期:2019-04-01 00:00:00

  • Beyond not bad or just okay: social predictors of young adults' wellbeing and functioning (a TRAILS study).

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Various childhood social experiences have been reported to predict adult outcomes. However, it is unclear how different social contexts may influence each other's effects in the long run. This study examined the joint contribution of adolescent family and peer experiences to young adult wellbeing and functio...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291718001976

    authors: Richards JS,Hartman CA,Jeronimus BF,Ormel J,Reijneveld SA,Veenstra R,Verhulst FC,Vollebergh WAM,Oldehinkel AJ

    更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00

  • Should the diagnosis of major depression be made independent of or dependent upon the psychosocial context?

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The diagnosis of certain psychiatric syndromes (e.g. panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder) is crucially dependent on the psychosocial context in which they arise. For other syndromes (e.g. schizophrenia), the context is generally irrelevant. Should the diagnosis of major depression (MD) be made depe...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291709990845

    authors: Kendler KS,Myers J,Halberstadt LJ

    更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00

  • Father absence and depressive symptoms in adolescence: findings from a UK cohort.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest a link between parental separation or divorce and risk of depression in adolescence. There are, however, few studies that have prospectively examined the effects of timing of biological father absence on risk for depressive symptoms in adolescence while controlling for a range of con...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291713000603

    authors: Culpin I,Heron J,Araya R,Melotti R,Joinson C

    更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00

  • Lifetime co-morbidity of DSM-IV disorders in the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A).

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Research on the structure of co-morbidity among common mental disorders has largely focused on current prevalence rather than on the development of co-morbidity. This report presents preliminary results of the latter type of analysis based on the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Suppleme...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291712000025

    authors: Kessler RC,Avenevoli S,McLaughlin KA,Green JG,Lakoma MD,Petukhova M,Pine DS,Sampson NA,Zaslavsky AM,Merikangas KR

    更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00

  • White-matter markers for psychosis in a prospective ultra-high-risk cohort.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Subjects at 'ultra high risk' (UHR) for developing psychosis have differences in white matter (WM) compared with healthy controls. WM integrity has not yet been investigated in UHR subjects in relation to the development of subsequent psychosis. Hence, we investigated a prospective cohort of UHR subjects com...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291709991711

    authors: Bloemen OJ,de Koning MB,Schmitz N,Nieman DH,Becker HE,de Haan L,Dingemans P,Linszen DH,van Amelsvoort TA

    更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00

  • Symptoms of post-concussional syndrome are non-specifically related to mild traumatic brain injury in UK Armed Forces personnel on return from deployment in Iraq: an analysis of self-reported data.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is being claimed as the 'signature' injury of the Iraq war, and is believed to be the cause of long-term symptomatic ill health (post-concussional syndrome; PCS) in an unknown proportion of military personnel. METHOD:We analysed cross-sectional data from a large, randomly ...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291708004595

    authors: Fear NT,Jones E,Groom M,Greenberg N,Hull L,Hodgetts TJ,Wessely S

    更新日期:2009-08-01 00:00:00

  • Lowered responsiveness and auditory signal detectability during depression.

    abstract::Ten depressed patients were assessed on an auditory signal detection task; testing was repeated on remission. The patients' clinical state was monitored by means of the Hamilton rating scale and the Beck Depression Inventory. The task was performed under three conditions: 2 button (Yes/No); 1 button (Yes); 1 button (N...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/s0033291700006383

    authors: Malone JR,Hemsley DR

    更新日期:1977-11-01 00:00:00

  • Physical activity and prevalence and incidence of mental disorders in adolescents and young adults.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Although positive effects of physical activity on mental health indicators have been reported, the relationship between physical activity and the development of specific mental disorders is unclear. METHOD:A cross-sectional (12-month) and prospective-longitudinal epidemiological study over 4 years in a comm...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S003329170700089X

    authors: Ströhle A,Höfler M,Pfister H,Müller AG,Hoyer J,Wittchen HU,Lieb R

    更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00

  • Impulsivity, decision-making and risk-taking behaviour in bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    abstract::Despite the robust body of work on cognitive aspects of bipolar disorder (BD), a clear profile of associated impairments in impulsivity, decision-making and risk-taking from studies that use behavioural measures has yet to be established. A systematic review, across four electronic databases (PsycINFO, MEDLINE/PubMed,...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291720003086

    authors: Ramírez-Martín A,Ramos-Martín J,Mayoral-Cleries F,Moreno-Küstner B,Guzman-Parra J

    更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00

  • Clinical improvements following bilateral anterior capsulotomy in treatment-resistant depression.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate a programme of lesion surgery carried out on patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). METHOD:This was a retrospective study looking at clinical and psychometric data from 45 patients with TRD who had undergone bilateral stereotactic anterior capsulotomy s...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291716003159

    authors: Subramanian L,Bracht T,Jenkins P,Choppin S,Linden DE,Phillips G,Simpson BA

    更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00

  • Continuity of care in mental health: understanding and measuring a complex phenomenon.

    abstract:BACKGROUND:Continuity of care is considered by patients and clinicians an essential feature of good quality care in long-term disorders, yet there is general agreement that it is a complex concept. Most policies emphasize it and encourage systems to promote it. Despite this, there is no accepted definition or measure a...

    journal_title:Psychological medicine

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1017/S0033291708003747

    authors: Burns T,Catty J,White S,Clement S,Ellis G,Jones IR,Lissouba P,McLaren S,Rose D,Wykes T

    更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00