Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices
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To preserve their health, people are increasingly resorting to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). While its appeal grows, it is still lacking a strong evidence base and can lead to adverse effects. In a previous study in Serbia, we developed a new instrument to measure the lifetime use of diverse TCAM practices (e.g., acupuncture, art therapy, herbal balms, prayer, etc.) and explored its psychological antecedents. The results showed that the pattern of use of TCAM practices can be classified into four domains: Alternative medical systems, Natural product-based practices, New age medicine, and Rituals/Customs. Moreover, an irrational mindset (IM; consisting of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use, over and above socio-demographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health status. To conceptually replicate the results, we validated the measure in a novel setting (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Participants first report...ed their lifetime TCAM use (N = 580). Using CFA, we replicated a four-factor structure of TCAM domains (CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; RMSEA = .03 (95 % CI .03-.04)). Next, for the participants who filled out all measures (N = 470, 65 % women; Mage = 44.9, SDage = 10.2), we explored whether IM variables (magical health beliefs, conspiracist thinking, superstition, and the naturalness bias) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use. As expected, after controlling for sociodemographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health
status, IM significantly contributed to the prediction (ΔF (4,457) = 20.33, p < .001, ΔR2 = .127), with magical health beliefs, superstition, and naturalness bias contributing over and above other predictors. Magical health beliefs were the strongest predictor, alongside gender. We find that our
results largely replicate in a novel setting, offering further evidence of the importance of
including IM when considering the susceptibility to TCAM use.
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alternative medicine / irrational beliefs / cognitive biases / magical health beliefsIzvor:
Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days, 2023, 109-Finansiranje / projekti:
- Irrational mindset as a conceptual bridge from psychological dispositions to questionable health practices – REASON4HEALTH
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - CONF AU - Petrović, Marija AU - Puhalo, Srđan AU - Ninković, Milica AU - Purić, Danka AU - Lukić, Petar AU - Žeželj, Iris Lav PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5878 AB - To preserve their health, people are increasingly resorting to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine (TCAM). While its appeal grows, it is still lacking a strong evidence base and can lead to adverse effects. In a previous study in Serbia, we developed a new instrument to measure the lifetime use of diverse TCAM practices (e.g., acupuncture, art therapy, herbal balms, prayer, etc.) and explored its psychological antecedents. The results showed that the pattern of use of TCAM practices can be classified into four domains: Alternative medical systems, Natural product-based practices, New age medicine, and Rituals/Customs. Moreover, an irrational mindset (IM; consisting of irrational beliefs and cognitive biases) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use, over and above socio-demographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health status. To conceptually replicate the results, we validated the measure in a novel setting (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Participants first reported their lifetime TCAM use (N = 580). Using CFA, we replicated a four-factor structure of TCAM domains (CFI = 0.94; TLI = 0.93; RMSEA = .03 (95 % CI .03-.04)). Next, for the participants who filled out all measures (N = 470, 65 % women; Mage = 44.9, SDage = 10.2), we explored whether IM variables (magical health beliefs, conspiracist thinking, superstition, and the naturalness bias) contributed to the prediction of TCAM use. As expected, after controlling for sociodemographics, ideological beliefs, and self-reported health status, IM significantly contributed to the prediction (ΔF (4,457) = 20.33, p < .001, ΔR2 = .127), with magical health beliefs, superstition, and naturalness bias contributing over and above other predictors. Magical health beliefs were the strongest predictor, alongside gender. We find that our results largely replicate in a novel setting, offering further evidence of the importance of including IM when considering the susceptibility to TCAM use. C3 - Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days T1 - Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices SP - 109 DO - 10.17234/DRZB26 ER -
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Petrović, M., Puhalo, S., Ninković, M., Purić, D., Lukić, P.,& Žeželj, I. L.. (2023). Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices. in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days, 109. https://doi.org/10.17234/DRZB26
Petrović M, Puhalo S, Ninković M, Purić D, Lukić P, Žeželj IL. Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices. in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days. 2023;:109. doi:10.17234/DRZB26 .
Petrović, Marija, Puhalo, Srđan, Ninković, Milica, Purić, Danka, Lukić, Petar, Žeželj, Iris Lav, "Some superstition, some magical health, but all natural: beliefs that makes us prone to traditional, complementary and alternative medicine practices" in Book of Abstracts, 26th Ramiro and Zoran Bujas Days (2023):109, https://doi.org/10.17234/DRZB26 . .