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Testing the underlying structure of unfounded beliefs about COVID-19 around the...
Brzóska, Paweł; Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Piotrowski, Jarosław; Nowak, Bartłomiej; Jonason, Peter K.; Sedikides, Constantine; Adamovic, MladenUnfounded—conspiracy and health—beliefs about COVID-19 have accompanied the pandemic worldwide. Here, we examined cross-nationally the structure and correlates of these beliefs with an 8-item scale, using a multigroup confirmatory factor analysis. We obtained a two-factor model of unfounded (conspiracy and health) beliefs with good internal structure (average CFI = 0.98, RMSEA = 0.05, SRMR = 0.04), but a high c...
Grandiose narcissism, unfounded beliefs, and behavioral reactions during the CO...
Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Magdalena; Sawicki, Artur; Piotrowski, Jarosław; Lifshin, Uri; Kretchner, Mabelle; Skowronski, John J.; Sedikides, ConstantineA theoretical perspective on grandiose narcissism suggests four forms of it (sanctity, admiration, heroism, rivalry) and states that these forms conduce to different ways of thinking and acting. Guided by this perspective, we examined in a multinational and multicultural study (61 countries; N = 15,039) how narcissism forms are linked to cognitions and behaviors prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic. As expected, d...
Validation study of the Korean version of the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale (CAS-7) an...
Park, C. Hyung Keun; Ahmed, Oli; Pang, Nicholas Tze Ping; Kamu, Assis; Silva, W. A. D.; Chung, SeockhoonWe aimed to explore the validity and reliability of the Korean version of the COVID-19 Anxiety Scale (CAS-7) among the general population and compare the psychometric properties of the CAS-7 with major rating scales for viral anxiety according to the generalized anxiety disorder-7 (GAD-7) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This anonymous online survey was conducted among the general popula...