Publications by authors named "L Jaume"
Article Synopsis
- The study explores how different types of threats during a crisis, particularly economic and health-related threats from COVID-19, influence belief in conspiracy theories.
- Research conducted in Italy and Argentina found that economic threats were positively associated with increased conspiracy beliefs, while health threats had mixed effects—negative in Italy and negligible in Argentina.
- The results suggest that different aspects of a crisis impact people's endorsement of conspiracy beliefs in varying ways and highlight the need for more research into the relationship between specific threats and conspiracy thinking.
Background: According to the emotion regulation process, situation selection comprises actions that increase or decrease the likelihood of being in contexts that foster a certain type of emotion, positive or negative. This concept is complemented by the social basis theory, which starts with the assumption that the primary ecology of humans is characterized by its social components. Thus, reduced access to social relationships increases cognitive and physiological effort, which leads to a decrease in well-being.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Leprosy reactions (LRs) are inflammatory responses observed in 30%-50% of people with leprosy. First-line treatment is glucocorticoids (GCs), often administered at high doses with prolonged courses, resulting in high morbi-mortality. Methotrexate (MTX) is an immunomodulating agent used to treat inflammatory diseases and has an excellent safety profile and worldwide availability.
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