Gathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-19

Abstract Does cognitive motivation influence how people gather and interpret information about COVID-19 and their adherence to measures? To address these questions, we conducted a longitudinal survey among European and American respondents. Wave 1 (N = 501) was conducted on March 27, 2020 and Wave 2...

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Autores principales:	Arnout B. Boot, Anita Eerland, Joran Jongerling, Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen, Rolf A. Zwaan
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:585c7e27bf42476dac62e553344f32f72021-12-02T16:36:04ZGathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-1910.1038/s41598-021-86088-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/585c7e27bf42476dac62e553344f32f72021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86088-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Does cognitive motivation influence how people gather and interpret information about COVID-19 and their adherence to measures? To address these questions, we conducted a longitudinal survey among European and American respondents. Wave 1 (N = 501) was conducted on March 27, 2020 and Wave 2 (N = 326) on July 1, 2020. We assessed COVID-19 knowledge, endorsement of COVID-19 conspiracy theories, media use, Need for Cognition (NC), Need for Cognitive Closure (NCC), and self-reported adherence to governmental measures taken. Results showed that nearly three-quarters of our respondents actively searched for information about COVID-19. Most at least once a day. Information seeking behaviour was not influenced by cognitive motivation (i.e., NC and NCC). However, cognitive motivation was related to (1) knowledge about COVID-19, (2) conspiracy rejection, and (3) change in knowledge over time. Respondents with more knowledge on COVID-19 also indicated to adhere more often to measures taken by their government. Self-reported adherence to measures was not influenced by cognitive motivation. Implications of these findings will be discussed.Arnout B. BootAnita EerlandJoran JongerlingPeter P. J. L. VerkoeijenRolf A. ZwaanNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Arnout B. Boot Anita Eerland Joran Jongerling Peter P. J. L. Verkoeijen Rolf A. Zwaan Gathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-19
description	Abstract Does cognitive motivation influence how people gather and interpret information about COVID-19 and their adherence to measures? To address these questions, we conducted a longitudinal survey among European and American respondents. Wave 1 (N = 501) was conducted on March 27, 2020 and Wave 2 (N = 326) on July 1, 2020. We assessed COVID-19 knowledge, endorsement of COVID-19 conspiracy theories, media use, Need for Cognition (NC), Need for Cognitive Closure (NCC), and self-reported adherence to governmental measures taken. Results showed that nearly three-quarters of our respondents actively searched for information about COVID-19. Most at least once a day. Information seeking behaviour was not influenced by cognitive motivation (i.e., NC and NCC). However, cognitive motivation was related to (1) knowledge about COVID-19, (2) conspiracy rejection, and (3) change in knowledge over time. Respondents with more knowledge on COVID-19 also indicated to adhere more often to measures taken by their government. Self-reported adherence to measures was not influenced by cognitive motivation. Implications of these findings will be discussed.
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title	Gathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-19
title_short	Gathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-19
title_full	Gathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-19
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Gathering, processing, and interpreting information about COVID-19

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