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Call it a conspiracy: How conspiracy belief predicts recognition of conspiracy theories.

PLoS ONE
While conspiracy theories are treated as irrational fringe beliefs in popular culture, conspiracy belief is quite common. Given the disconnect between stereotypes about conspiracy belief and its prevalence, I tested whether people have difficulty ...
J P Prims
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A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Psychological Research on Conspiracy Beliefs: Field Characteristics, Measurement Instruments, and Associations With Personality Traits

Frontiers in Psychology, 2019
In the last decade, the number of investigations of the beliefs in conspiracy theories has begun to increase in the fields of social, differential, and experimental psychology.
Andreas Goreis, Andreas Goreis, Martin Voracek   +2 more
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Correlates of COVID-19 conspiracy theory beliefs in Japan: A cross-sectional study of 28,175 residents.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an increase in conspiracy theories worldwide. However, in Japan, the prevalence of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs has remained unclear.
Yukihiro Sato, Ichiro Kawachi, Yasuaki Saijo, Eiji Yoshioka, Ken Osaka, Takahiro Tabuchi   +5 more
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Characteristics of people who believe in conspiracy theories: Personality disorder traits, paranormal beliefs, and political ideologies

International Journal of Personality Psychology
The present study investigated personality disorder traits, paranormal beliefs, and political ideologies associated with people who believe in conspiracy theories. Through Amazon Mechanical Turk, 133 adults (M = 45.16 years, range = 23–65 years, 84 women,
Frederick L. Coolidge, Apeksha Srivastava, Cydney Chappelle, Daniel L. Segal   +3 more
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From Conspiracy to Hesitancy: The Longitudinal Impact of COVID-19 Vaccine Conspiracy Theories on Perceived Vaccine Effectiveness

Vaccines, 2023
The embrace of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine conspiracies has been linked to vaccine hesitancy. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between COVID-19 vaccine conspiracy theories and perceived vaccine effectiveness.
Camila Salazar-Fernández, María José Baeza-Rivera, Diego Manríquez-Robles, Natalia Salinas-Oñate, Malik Sallam   +4 more
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Control and Conspiracy Beliefs

, 2023
This project aims to examine if reduced control would lead to stronger conspiracy beliefs. It also aims to examine if trait factors would moderate the relationship between lacking control and conspiracy ...
Connie Pui Yee Chiu, Hoi-Wing Chan
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Populist attitudes and belief in conspiracy theories: anti-elitist attitudes and the preference for unrestricted popular sovereignty reduce the positive impact of an analytical thinking style on conspiracy beliefs

BMC Research Notes
Objective Populist attitudes and the tendency to believe in specific conspiracy theories (conspiracy beliefs) are often exploited by extremist or populist parties. However, more scientific research is needed to scrutinize this association.
Stephanie Mehl, Winfried Rief, Daniel Soll, Nico Pytlik   +3 more
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Examining the Role of Covid-19 Conspiracy Beliefs in Predicting Vaccination Intentions, Preventive Behavior and Willingness to Share Opinions about the Coronavirus

Studia Psychologica, 2022
The primary aim of our study was to examine the role of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in predicting outcomes that could potentially worsen the course of the pandemic: preventive behavior, vaccination intentions and willingness to share COVID-19 related ...
Žan Zelič, Martin Berič, Darja Kobal Grum   +2 more
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Dead and alive: Belief in contradictory conspiracy theories. [PDF]

, 2012
Conspiracy theories can form a monological belief system: a self-sustaining worldview comprised of a network of mutually supportive beliefs. The present research shows that even endorsement of mutually incompatible conspiracy theories are positively ...
Wood, Michael J., Douglas, Karen, Sutton, Robbie M.   +2 more
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Affected more than infected: The relationship between national narcissism and Zika conspiracy beliefs is mediated by exclusive victimhood about the Zika outbreak

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 2021
Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the Zika outbreak. While the virus is still circulating, motives underlying Zika conspiracy beliefs remain underexplored.
Paul Bertin, Sylvain Delouvée
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