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Unpacking Conspiracy Mentality Through Cross-Country Predictors

IEEE Access
Conspiracy theories are beliefs about covert, influential organizations pursuing obscure, frequently illegal objectives. They are not merely cognitive distortions; they can have major political and societal repercussions, including eroding democratic ...
Caterina Senette, Victoria Popa
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Conspiracy mentality and decision-making preferences

The study analyzes the relationship between conspiracy mentality and preferences for different types of political decision-making. The general hypothesis is: individuals high in conspiracy mentality will prefer any alternative to representative ...
Anne Küppers
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The Collective Conspiracy Mentality in Poland [PDF]

, 2018
In recent decades several conspiracy theories became prominent topics of Polish public debate: the Smoleńsk catastrophe, “gender conspiracy” and “Jewish conspiracy” are some examples of such theories.
Soral, Wiktor, Cichocka, Aleksandra, Wiktor Soral, Michał Bilewicz, Bilewicz, Michał, Aleksandra Cichocka, Marta Marchlewska, Marchlewska, Marta   +7 more
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Pathway to Non‐Normative Political Engagement: The Role of Psychological Reactance in Episodic Memories During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Journal of Applied Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Dissatisfaction with Institutions, governments, or the status quo can be expressed via normative (e.g., sign a petition) and non‐normative (e.g., destroy public property) political engagement. The type of political engagement endorsed may be influenced by memories rooted in psychological reactance, as chronic memory activation is known to ...
Marie‐Jeanne Leonard, Aurélie Thuot‐Jolicoeur, Frederick L. Philippe   +2 more
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Development and Validation of a Brief Form of the Weight Control/Blame Subscale of the Antifat Attitudes Test

Obesity Facts
Introduction: The Weight Control/Blame (WCB) subscale of the Antifat Attitudes Test (AFAT) measures weight stigma, particularly beliefs linking obesity to personal responsibility, which contributes to discrimination and negative psychological,
Julia Petersen, Bjarne Schmalbach, Elmar Brähler, Oliver Decker, Anja Hilbert   +4 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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Five Epistemic Arguments for Workplace Democracy Over Workplace Republicanism

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article intervenes in the debate between workplace democracy and workplace republicanism by examining their relative capacities to protect workers' epistemic agency and epistemic capacities, an angle that remains underexplored in the workplace justice literature.
Chi Kwok
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An examination of the factorial and convergent validity of four measures of conspiracist ideation, with recommendations for researchers.

PLoS ONE, 2017
A number scales have been developed to measure conspiracist ideation, but little attention has been paid to the factorial validity of these scales. We reassessed the psychometric properties of four widely-used scales, namely the Belief in Conspiracy ...
Viren Swami, David Barron, Laura Weis, Martin Voracek, Stefan Stieger, Adrian Furnham   +5 more
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Conspiracy Mentality Versus Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Response to Nera and Some Recommendations for Researchers [PDF]

In this research spotlight, we respond to Nera’s (2024, this issue) critique of the conspiracy mentality. We agree that the concept of the conspiracy mentality – and its relation to belief in conspiracy theories –requires further clarification.
Douglas, Karen, Trella, Carolina, Sutton, Robbie M.   +2 more
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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

The Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
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