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. 2021 Mar 22;11:6569. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-86088-3

Table 6.

Overview and descriptions of the measures in wave 2.

Category Measure Items Description
Information processing COVID-19 Knowledge 32 Knowledge about COVID-19 in terms of accuracy and confidence
Conspiracy Rejection 8 COVID-19-related conspiracy rejections in terms of accuracy and confidence
Media use Frequency per source 18 The extent to which different types of sources are used to acquire information about COVID-19 (e.g., news sites, social networking sites, friends/family)
Behaviour Adherence to measures 1 The degree of adherence to government-imposed measures against COVID-19
Perceived importance of sources 8 The perceived importance of different sources and organizations with respect to acquiring new information and guidelines