Association Between Trust in Government and Practice of Preventive Measures During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan

The COVID-19 pandemic represents a global health crisis, making compliance with governmental policies and public health advice crucial in decreasing transmission rates. At the same time, we are faced with the rapid spread of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Therefore, we aimed to investigate the predictive power of COVID-19 conspiracy theories in explaining the level of compliance with official COVID-19 guidelines, by including mediating roles of pseudoscientific information beliefs and trust in government officials. A total of 1882 participants provided sociodemographic information and completed all measures in the study. Multiple mediation analysis revealed a direct negative effect of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs on the compliance with the preventive measures. In addition, conspiracy beliefs were indirectly associated with compliance via trust in government officials. The present study builds upon emerging research showing that conspiracy beliefs have potentially significant social consequences. Practical implications of these findings are further discussed.

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Beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories, compliance with the preventive measures, and trust in government medical officials

Current Psychology ◽

10.1007/s12144-021-01898-y ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Irena Pavela Banai ◽

Benjamin Banai ◽

Igor Mikloušić

Keyword(s):

Preventive Measures ◽

Trust In Government ◽

Conspiracy Theories

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Abstract #500: Osteoporosis Preventive Measures in Patients Receiving Glucocorticoids - are they Being Practiced?

Endocrine Practice ◽

10.1016/s1530-891x(20)42637-0 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 ◽

pp. 97

Author(s):

Nitika Malhotra ◽

Reem Alnazawi ◽

Ved Gossain ◽

Matthew Hebdon

Keyword(s):

Preventive Measures

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Fatality of Suicide Attempts in Amsterdam 1996–2005

Crisis ◽

10.1027/0227-5910.30.4.180 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 30 (4) ◽

pp. 180-185 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Evertjan Jansen ◽

Marcel C.A. Buster ◽

Annemarie L. Zuur ◽

Cees Das

Keyword(s):

Health Service ◽

Time Trends ◽

Suicide Attempts ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Case Fatality ◽

Absolute Number ◽

Demographic Differences ◽

Demographic Groups ◽

Wish To Die ◽

Municipal Health

Background: According to recent figures, Amsterdam is the municipality with the highest absolute number of suicides and the second highest suicide rate in the Netherlands. Aims: The aim of the study was to identify time trends and demographic differences in the occurrence of nonfatal suicide attempts versus suicides. Methods: We used registrations of forensic physicians and ambulance services of the Municipal Health Service of Amsterdam to study 1,004 suicides and 6,166 nonfatal attempts occurring in Amsterdam over the period 1996–2005. Results: The number of nonfatal attempts declined from 1996 to 2005, but the number of completed suicides remained relatively stable. Although case fatality was strongly associated with method used, we also found higher case fatalities for men and older people independent of method. Conclusions: The case fatality results suggest differences in motive among different demographic groups: possibly the wish to die is stronger among men and elderly. This finding had implications for the success to be expected from different preventive measures.

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