Table 2 Pearson correlations, means, and standard deviations of the study variables. shows that conspiracy theories and misinformation beliefs are significantly positively or negatively associated with all exposure to information sources and trust in these sources except exposure to personal contacts and health experts, while COVID-19 was significantly associated with all exposure sources and trust

Conspiracy theory

39.6

10.2

1

Misinformation beliefs

22.23

9.6

0.140**

1

COVID-19 anxiety

11.7

4.7

0.225**

0.163**

1

Exposure: Health experts

7.9

2.0

− 0.001

0.133**

0.212**

1

Exposure: Digital media

10.3

4.9

− 0.196**

0.208**

0.111**

0.422**

1

Exposure: Traditional media

10.0

4.6

− 0.140**

0.170**

0.140**

0.409**

0.783**

1

Exposure: Personal contacts

2.7

0.94

0.019

0.052

0.096*

0.400**

0.295**

0.287**

1

Trust: Health experts

20.9

9.0

− 0.175**

0.185**

0.105*

0.390**

0.895**

0.871**

0.301**

1

Trust: Digital Media

4.6

2.6

− 0.123**

0.176**

0.174**

0.423**

0.680**

0.895**

0.228**

0.679**

1

Trust: Traditional Media

5.4

2.7

− 0.147**

0.152**

0.140**

0.381**

0.918**

0.731**

0.292**

0.797**

0.615**

1

Trust: Personal contacts

4.6

2.6

− 0.075

0.269**

0.195**

0.346**

0.333**

0.454**

0.165**

0.354**

0.488**

0.274**