Agreement with COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Has Poor Temporal Stability.

Low temporal stability may complicate the interpretation of survey measures of conspiracy theories (CTs). Current study examines the stability of endorsement of CTs on a popular set of items addressing COVID-19-related CTs. An online survey tapping two CTs about COVID-19 was administered to 179 students of general medicine.

Changes in ambulance departures for assault calls during COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

Restrictions related to COVID-19 changed the daily behavior of people, including the expression of violence. Although an increased incidence of violent behavior, especially domestic violence, was expected during the pandemic, retrospective analyses have yielded mixed results. Records of ambulance departures to address injuries caused by assaults in the Pilsen region, Czech Republic, during the restrictive measures during the national state of emergency were compared to data from 3 previous years using general linear models.

Violent behavior and the COVID-19 lockdowns: a nationwide register-based study.

Objectives: The primary aim was to test the hypothesis that physical interpersonal violence is decreased during the lockdown period in comparison with comparable control periods. The secondary aims were to explore the effects of gender and alcohol consumption on the violence during the lockdown.

Methods: Nationwide records of hospitalizations secondary to an assault were analyzed using quasipoisson regression.

Willingness to Vaccinate Against COVID-19: The Role of Health Locus of Control and Conspiracy Theories.

Understanding the predictors of the willingness to get vaccinated against COVID-19 may aid in the resolution of current and future pandemics. We investigate how the readiness to believe conspiracy theories and the three dimensions of health locus of control (HLOC) affect the attitude toward vaccination. A cross-sectional study was conducted based on the data from an online survey of a sample of Czech university students ( = 866) collected in January 2021, using the multivariate linear regression models and moderation analysis.

Behaviour and Experience: The Two Sides of the Negative Syndrome - A Comparison of Andreasen's Negative Syndrome and Huber's Basic Symptoms.

Negative symptoms in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are present both in behavior and in the subjective experience of the patients, however the relationships between these two components have not been sufficiently studied. Standardized assessment methods were utilized in a study of 96 acutely exacerbated inpatients and 26 stabilized outpatients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder for the measurement of nega tive symptoms, subjective experiences, depression, general psychopathology and neurological side effects. Halo - peridol blood levels were controlled in the inpatient group.