2024
The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news
Tanzer M, Campbell C, Saunders R, Booker T, Luyten P, Fonagy P. The role of epistemic trust and epistemic disruption in vaccine hesitancy, conspiracy thinking and the capacity to identify fake news. PLOS Global Public Health 2024, 4: e0003941. PMID: 39630644, PMCID: PMC11616851, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003941.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEpistemic trustField of developmental psychopathologyExposure to childhood adversityFake newsConspiracy thinkingDevelopmental psychopathologyChildhood adversityInterpersonal processesPsychological resilienceSocial functioningConspiracy beliefsEffect sizeEpistemic disruptionPsychopathologyNewsCredulityConspiracy
2023
To trust or not to trust in the thrall of the COVID-19 pandemic: Conspiracy endorsement and the role of adverse childhood experiences, epistemic trust, and personality functioning
Kampling H, Riedl D, Hettich N, Lampe A, Nolte T, Zara S, Ernst M, Brähler E, Sachser C, Fegert J, Gingelmaier S, Fonagy P, Krakau L, Kruse J. To trust or not to trust in the thrall of the COVID-19 pandemic: Conspiracy endorsement and the role of adverse childhood experiences, epistemic trust, and personality functioning. Social Science & Medicine 2023, 341: 116526. PMID: 38169177, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116526.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdverse childhood experiencesCOVID-19 pandemicPublic health challengeEarly childhood adversityChildhood experiencesBody of evidenceGeneral populationChildhood adversityHealth challengesDetrimental roleDevelopmental burdenCross-sectional dataConfidence intervalsSuccessful containmentAssociationPersonality functioningDirect associationMediatorsPandemicGood model fitIndividual proneDetrimental effectsGerman surveyFunctioningFit indices