Conspiracy mentality in autistic and non-autistic individuals [PDF]
BackgroundBelief in conspiracy theories has emerged across times and cultures. While previous accounts attributed conspiracy beliefs to mental health conditions, accumulating research suggests that conspiracy theories are common among the general ...
Jan-Willem van Prooijen +2 more
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Measuring Individual Differences in Generic Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories Across Cultures: The Conspiracy Mentality Questionnaire (CMQ) [PDF]
Conspiracy theories are ubiquitous when it comes to explaining political events and societal phenomena. Individuals differ not only in the degree to which they believe in specific conspiracy theories, but also in their general susceptibility to ...
Martin eBruder +4 more
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Conspiracy mentality and political orientation across 26 countries [PDF]
People differ in their general tendency to endorse conspiracy theories (i.e., conspiracy mentality). Previous research yielded inconsistent findings on the relationship between conspiracy mentality and political orientation, showing a greater conspiracy ...
Mari, Silvia +121 more
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Social Psychological Predictors of Belief in Fake News in the Run-Up to the 2019 Hungarian Elections: The Importance of Conspiracy Mentality Supports the Notion of Ideological Symmetry in Fake News Belief [PDF]
Accessing information online is now easier than ever. However, also false information is circulated in increasing quantities. We sought to identify social psychological factors that could explain why some people are more susceptible to false information.
Zea Szebeni +2 more
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Measuring Belief in Conspiracy Theories: Validation of a French and English Single-Item Scale [PDF]
We designed, in French and in English, a single-item scale to measure people’s general tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. The validity and reliability of this scale was assessed in 3 studies (total 'N' = 555).
Anthony Lantian +3 more
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Paranormalism, Voting Intention, and Other Conspiracy Mentality Predictors in Sweden [PDF]
This article explores conspiracy mentality occurrence in Sweden as part of a 2020 survey of paranormal beliefs, practices, and experiences. Using the idea of a shared sociocultural milieu of alternative views and practices of knowledge as a departure ...
Cristoffer Tidelius
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Emotional pathways linking relative deprivation experiences to conspiracy beliefs: a mini-meta-analysis [PDF]
Background Conspiracy beliefs pose a societal challenge, yet the processes through which they emerge remain debated. One pathway to conspiracy beliefs that has received limited attention is the role of emotional responses to relative deprivation (RD). RD
Katharina Abad Borger, Eva Walther
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Looking out for myself: Exploring the relationship between conspiracy mentality, perceived personal risk, and COVID-19 prevention measures [PDF]
Daniel Jolley +2 more
exaly +3 more sources
Barriers and facilitators of willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19: Role of prosociality, authoritarianism and conspiracy mentality. A four-wave longitudinal study [PDF]
Małgorzata Gambin +2 more
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What drives us to be (ir)responsible for our health during the COVID-19 pandemic? The role of personality, thinking styles, and conspiracy mentality [PDF]
Danka Purić +2 more
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