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cord-298744-paippv15	Biddlestone, Mikey	Cultural orientation, power, belief in conspiracy theories, and intentions to reduce the spread of COVID‐19	2020-06-27		.txt	text/plain	3563	190	39	Participants (n = 704) completed measures of individualism–collectivism, belief in conspiracy theories about COVID‐19, feelings of powerlessness, and intentions to engage in behaviours that reduce the spread of COVID‐19. Results revealed that vertical individualism negatively predicted intentions to engage in social distancing, directly and indirectly through both belief in COVID‐19 conspiracy theories and feelings of powerlessness. Specifically, we investigated the extent to which belief in conspiracy theories and feelings of powerlessness mediate the relationship between cultural orientation and intentions to engage in behaviours that reduce the spread of COVID-19. Furthermore, we hypothesized that the relationships between individualism-collectivism and engagement with behaviours that reduce the spread of COVID-19 would be mediated by both belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and feelings of powerlessness. Vertical individualism, however, negatively predicted social distancing intentions, directly and indirectly through belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories, standardized indirect effect = À.04 [À0.06, À0.02], and feelings of powerlessness, standardized indirect effect = À0.02 [À0.04, À0.01].	./cache/cord-298744-paippv15.txt	./txt/cord-298744-paippv15.txt