Correlation between coronavirus conspiracism and antisemitism: a cross-sectional study in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT: This article presents the findings of a survey of UK-resident adults ([Formula: see text] = 1790) carried out in December 2021 and designed to test for a relationship between antisemitism and coronavirus conspiracism. Antisemitism was measured using the Generalised Antisemitism (GeAs) scale, and coronavirus conspiracism was measured using a version of the Flexible Inventory of Conspiracy Suspicions (FICS). Hypotheses and methodology were pre-registered, and all data and code are open. There was found to be a positive correlation between coronavirus conspiracy suspicions and Generalised Antisemitism, robust to demographic controls. This correlation appears to be entirely accounted for by older forms of antisemitism: antisemitism as expressed in relation to Israel and its supporters was foun

SUBMITTER: Allington D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10697971 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature