Biljana Gjoneska

TL;DR: Although for the vast majority ICT use is adaptive and should not be pathologized, a subgroup of vulnerable individuals are at risk of developing problematic usage patterns and the present consensus guidance discusses these risks and makes some practical recommendations that may help diminish them.

TL;DR: The authors found that conspiracy mentality is associated with extreme left-and especially extreme right-wing beliefs, and that this non-linear relation may be strengthened by, but is not reducible to, deprivation of political control.

TL;DR: In a large international collaboration, this paper investigated self-reported factors associated with public health behaviours (e.g., spatial distancing and stricter hygiene) and endorsed public policy interventions during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic (April-May 2020).

TL;DR: In this paper, the effectiveness of reappraisal, an emotion-regulation strategy that modifies how one thinks about a situation, was tested to reduce negative emotions and increase positive emotions.

TL;DR: In this article, the extent to which culture predicts belief in conspiracy theories (CT) was investigated, based on a situated cultural cognition perspective, using Hofstede's model of cultural values, and three nation-level analyses of data from 25,19 and 18 countries using different measures of CT beliefs revealed positive associations between Masculinity, Collectivism and CT beliefs.