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Religion, Conspiracy Thinking, and the Rejection of Democracy: Evidence From the UK
Politics and Governance, 2022 While some research addresses the relationship between religiosity and political attitudes, little is known about the relationship between religion, conspiracy beliefs, and political culture.
Alexander Yendell, David Herbert
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Anti-vaccine conspiracy beliefs among parents can reduce vaccination intentions. Parents' beliefs in anti-vaccine conspiracy theories are also related to their perceptions of other parents' conspiracy beliefs.
Darel Cookson +3 more
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Conspiracy beliefs and science rejection
Current Opinion in Psychology, 2022 We review recent work on the relationship between science rejection and conspiracy beliefs. We distinguish between conspiracy beliefs about science specifically and the link between general conspiracist worldviews and science rejection. The first imply the scientific community as the center of a conspiratorial endeavor to misrepresent scientific ...
Bastiaan T Rutjens, Bojana Većkalov
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theories about the virus spread rapidly, and whilst governments across the globe put in place different restrictions and guidelines to contain the pandemic, these were not universally adhered to. This research
Jack P. Hughes +5 more
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The Analytic Cognitive Style Predicts Conspiracy Beliefs: Replication Study on a Non-student Sample
Studia Psychologica, 2021 The study aims to replicate previous findings on a student and non-student sample - the mid-pointed level of conspiracy beliefs and the relationship of conspiracy beliefs with analytic cognitive style and preference for analytic thinking.
Eva Ballová Mikušková
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Of precarity and conspiracy: Introducing a
British Journal of Social Psychology, 2021 Abstract Conspiracy Beliefs (CB) are a key vector of violent extremism, radicalism and unconventional political events. So far, social‐psychological research has extensively documented how cognitive, emotional and intergroup factors can promote CB.
Jais Adam-Troian +5 more
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Conspiracy beliefs and economic performance
, 2022 While a great deal is known about the individual difference factors associated with conspiracy beliefs, much less is known about the country-level factors that shape people’s willingness to believe conspiracy theories. In the current paper we discuss the possibility that willingness to believe conspiracy theories might be shaped by the perception (and ...
Sam Pearson, Matthew Hornsey
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Do stress and anxiety lead to belief in conspiracy theories? [version 1; peer review: 5 approved]
Routledge Open Research, 2023 Conspiracies happen, and some conspiracy theories are warranted by evidence. Nevertheless, a non-trivial proportion of the public express belief in conspiracy theories that are not warranted by evidence.
Matt N. Williams, Nick Fox
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Role of Conspiracy Mentality and Paranormal Beliefs in Predicting Conspiracy Beliefs Among Neopagans [PDF]
International Journal for the Study of New Religions, 2018 Recent studies on conspiracy thinking has concluded that the strongest predictor of the tendency towards conspiratorial thinking is a one-dimensional construct-conspiracy mentality-that is relatively stable over time and valid across cultures. Lantian et al. (2016) found that a single, elaborate question can work as a measure of conspiracy beliefs.
Dyrendal, Asbjørn +2 more
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Measuring adolescents’ beliefs in conspiracy theories: Development and validation of the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire (ACBQ) [PDF]
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2021 Four studies (total n = 961) developed and validated the Adolescent Conspiracy Beliefs Questionnaire (ACBQ). Initial items were developed in collaboration with teachers. An exploratory factor analysis (Study 1, n = 208, aged 11–14) and a student focus
Daniel Jolley +4 more
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