Conspiracy Beliefs Are Related to the Use of Smartphones behind the Wheel

The belief in conspiracy theories predicts behaviors related to public health such as the willingness to receive vaccines. This study applies a similar approach to an aspect of road safety: the use of smartphones while driving. A representative sample of 1706 subjects answered a series of questions...

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Autores principales: Valero-Mora, Pedro M., Zacarés, Juan José, Sánchez-García, Mar, Tormo-Lancero, María Teresa, Faus, Mireia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8345770/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34360021
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157725
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description The belief in conspiracy theories predicts behaviors related to public health such as the willingness to receive vaccines. This study applies a similar approach to an aspect of road safety: the use of smartphones while driving. A representative sample of 1706 subjects answered a series of questions related to what can be regarded as erroneous or conspiracy beliefs against restricting or banning the use of smartphones while driving. The results show that those having such conspiracy beliefs reported a greater use of smartphones behind the wheel.
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spelling pubmed-83457702021-08-07 Conspiracy Beliefs Are Related to the Use of Smartphones behind the Wheel Valero-Mora, Pedro M. Zacarés, Juan José Sánchez-García, Mar Tormo-Lancero, María Teresa Faus, Mireia Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The belief in conspiracy theories predicts behaviors related to public health such as the willingness to receive vaccines. This study applies a similar approach to an aspect of road safety: the use of smartphones while driving. A representative sample of 1706 subjects answered a series of questions related to what can be regarded as erroneous or conspiracy beliefs against restricting or banning the use of smartphones while driving. The results show that those having such conspiracy beliefs reported a greater use of smartphones behind the wheel. MDPI 2021-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8345770/ /pubmed/34360021 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157725 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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