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      Conspiracy endorsement and its associations with personality functioning, anxiety, loneliness, and sociodemographic characteristics during the COVID-19 pandemic in a representative sample of the German population

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          Background

          In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, many individuals have been found to endorse conspiracy beliefs. Socio-demographic variables, personality functioning, anxiety, and loneliness could be risk factors for this endorsement.

          Methods

          In a representative sample of the German population ( N = 2,503) measures of conspiracy mentality, conspiracy-related beliefs toward COVID-19, personality functioning (OPD-SQS), anxiety (HADS), and loneliness (UCLA) were assessed. Pearson product-moment correlations and multiple linear regression analyses were conducted.

          Results

          Conspiracy mentality and conspiracy-related beliefs toward COVID-19 were strongly correlated. Regression analyses found younger age, male gender, lower education, and lower income to be associated with conspiracy mentality. The subscales relationship model and self-perception of the OPD-SQS were positively related to conspiracy mentality whereas interpersonal contact was negatively associated. Higher levels of anxiety were statistically predictive for conspiracy mentality.

          Conclusion

          Our findings indicate a contribution of personality functioning to the understanding of conspiracy mentality and thus to the advancement of interventions during the pandemic.

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            Prevalence of stress, anxiety, depression among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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            Background The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on public mental health. Therefore, monitoring and oversight of the population mental health during crises such as a panedmic is an immediate priority. The aim of this study is to analyze the existing research works and findings in relation to the prevalence of stress, anxiety and depression in the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method In this systematic review and meta-analysis, articles that have focused on stress and anxiety prevalence among the general population during the COVID-19 pandemic were searched in the Science Direct, Embase, Scopus, PubMed, Web of Science (ISI) and Google Scholar databases, without a lower time limit and until May 2020. In order to perform a meta-analysis of the collected studies, the random effects model was used, and the heterogeneity of studies was investigated using the I2 index. Moreover. data analysis was conducted using the Comprehensive Meta-Analysis (CMA) software. Results The prevalence of stress in 5 studies with a total sample size of 9074 is obtained as 29.6% (95% confidence limit: 24.3–35.4), the prevalence of anxiety in 17 studies with a sample size of 63,439 as 31.9% (95% confidence interval: 27.5–36.7), and the prevalence of depression in 14 studies with a sample size of 44,531 people as 33.7% (95% confidence interval: 27.5–40.6). Conclusion COVID-19 not only causes physical health concerns but also results in a number of psychological disorders. The spread of the new coronavirus can impact the mental health of people in different communities. Thus, it is essential to preserve the mental health of individuals and to develop psychological interventions that can improve the mental health of vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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                Contributors
                Nora Hettich:
                ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0422-7037
                Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – original draft
                Manfred E. Beutel: Role: ConceptualizationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
                Mareike Ernst: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
                Clara Schliessler: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – original draft
                Hanna Kampling: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Writing – original draft
                Johannes Kruse: Role: Writing – review & editing
                Elmar Braehler: Role: MethodologyRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – review & editing
                Stephan Doering: Role: Editor
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
                Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
                Title: PLoS ONE
                Publisher: Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )
                ISSN (Electronic): 1932-6203
                Publication date (Electronic): 28 January 2022
                Publication date Collection: 2022
                Publication date PMC-release: 28 January 2022
                Volume: 17
                Issue: 1
                Electronic Location Identifier: e0263301
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
                [2 ] Else-Frenkel-Brunswik-Institute for Democracy Research, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
                [3 ] Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center of the Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany
                [4 ] Department for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center of the Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
                Medical University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
                Author notes

                Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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                Publisher ID: PONE-D-21-24333
                DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0263301
                PMC ID: 8797225
                PubMed ID: 35089987
                SO-VID: db4739ad-753f-462e-a76e-a428cdb02d0f
                Copyright © © 2022 Hettich et al
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                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                Date received : 27 July 2021
                Date accepted : 18 January 2022
                Page count
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                Funding
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                Categories
                Subject: Research Article
                Subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
                Subject: Epidemiology
                Subject: Pandemics
                Subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
                Subject: Medical Conditions
                Subject: Infectious Diseases
                Subject: Viral Diseases
                Subject: Covid 19
                Subject: Biology and Life Sciences
                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Personality
                Subject: Social Sciences
                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Personality
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                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Emotions
                Subject: Anxiety
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                Subject: Psychology
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                Subject: Personality Traits
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                Subject: Biology and Life Sciences
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                Subject: Personality Tests
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