Table 1.
Prevalence of conspiracy beliefs in Studies 1 and 2.
| Conspiracy theory | Strongly disagreeing (1 on Likert scale) | Disagreeing (3 or less on Likert scale) | Agreeing (5 or more on Likert scale) | Strongly agreeing (7 on Likert scale) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conspiracy theories in Study 1. | |||||
| The Polish government is intentionally hiding the real number of people contracted with coronavirus. | 17.6% | 34.7% | 46.2% | 19.5% | |
| The Polish government is manipulating information regarding coronavirus to broaden their sphere of influence. | 17% | 34.1% | 46.7% | 20.1% | |
| Coronavirus was created by ecologists to reduce population and help the environment | 47.9% | 71.8% | 9.3% | 2.2% | |
| Coronavirus is a way for the climate movement to fulfil their plans | 45.4% | 71% | 9.1% | 2.8% | |
| Coronavirus was created by pharmaceutical organizations | 40.8% | 65.5% | 13.4% | 3.7% | |
| Medicine intended for people with coronavirus actually make them sicker | 41% | 68.8% | 8.1% | 2.6% | |
| Coronavirus is injected through vaccines | 61.3% | 83.2% | 3.9% | 1.2% | |
| Medical doctors want to spread coronavirus | 62.7% | 83.4% | 4.7% | 1% | |
| Coronavirus was created by the USA government to aid their position in the economic war with China | 42.6% | 69.4% | 9.9% | 3.4% | |
| Coronavirus was created by the USA government to take control of the world economy | 43.6% | 71% | 10.7% | 2.6% | |
| Coronavirus was created by the Chinese to take control of the world economy | 33.1% | 55.4% | 22.5% | 6.9% | |
| Coronavirus was intentionally spread by the Chinese in restaurants | 40.8% | 66.7% | 12.6% | 4.3% | |
| Coronavirus was created to get rid of old people | 38.9% | 61.7% | 20.1% | 5.3% | |
| Coronavirus was created to eliminate the weakest | 34.3% | 58.4% | 22.1% | 5.9% | |
| Conspiracy theories in Study 2. | |||||
| Coronavirus was created by one of the governments as a biological weapon. | 32.5% | 56.5% | 19.5% | 4.4% | |
| True information about coronavirus is concealed by governments and public organizations. | 13.9% | 36.7% | 45.4% | 11.1% | |
| Coronavirus was created by pharmaceutical companies. | 44.5% | 70.4% | 9.9% | 2.0% | |
| Effective treatment for coronavirus is concealed by governments or pharmaceutical companies. | 44.9% | 74.3% | 10.5% | 3.5% | |
| Coronavirus epidemic is a way to control people behaviour. | 37.0% | 62.1% | 23.8% | 6.8% | |
| Coronavirus epidemic is a medical experiment carried out on the public without consent. | 48.9% | 74.4% | 9.4% | 2.6% | |
| Decisions regarding coronavirus are made by a small unknown group of decision-makers. | 47.7% | 72.7% | 11.7% | 2.5% | |
| Governments are intentionally allowing the virus to spread on their territories. | 50.7% | 80.6% | 6.9% | 1.8% | |
| Coronavirus epidemic was planned as a way to distract people from some other event. | 46.3% | 71.1% | 12.1% | 3.6% | |
| Coronavirus was created to eliminate the weakest members of society. | 46.7% | 71.8% | 13.9% | 3.3% | |
| Coronavirus was created to take the size of the human population under control. | 47.1% | 70.7% | 13.9% | 3.3% | |
| Coronavirus was created to stop global warming and climate change. | 56.1% | 80.4% | 5.1% | 1% | |