Belief in a COVID-19 Conspiracy Theory as a Predictor of Mental Health and Well-Being of Health Care Workers in Ecuador: Cross-Sectional Survey Study

• Main Authors: Chen, Xi (Author), Zhang, Stephen X (Author), Jahanshahi, Asghar Afshar (Author), Alvarez-Risco, Aldo (Author), Dai, Huiyang (Author), Li, Jizhen (Author), Ibarra, Verónica García (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundDuring the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, social media platforms have become active sites for the dissemination of conspiracy theories that provide alternative explanations of the cause of the pandemic, such as secret plots by powerful and malicious groups. However, the associati...